00:00At key moments in history, the Church is called to decipher the new things in the light of the Gospel
00:08and the dignity of the human being.
00:11135 years ago, my venerable predecessor, Leo XIII, observed the situation of factory workers, their families, uprooted, and new forms
00:22of poverty generated by rapid industrial transformation.
00:27He understood that the Church could not remain distant.
00:33Within an epochal turning point, menacing human dignity, the encyclical Rerum Novarum spoke its evangelical and social word about new
00:44things underway.
00:47Today, we find ourselves facing a transformation of similar magnitude, with perhaps even greater consequences.
00:55Artificial intelligence already touches many areas of our lives and affects decisions that shape human coexistence.
01:05It is also dramatically changing how war is waged.
01:11Like the earlier Leo, I feel entrusted to look upon another huge transformation with eyes of faith, with lucidity of
01:21reason, with openness to mystery, and with cries of the poor and the earth resounding in my heart.
01:31Magnifica humanitas was born from listening, like Leo XIII did.
01:37Other very troubling voices have also reached me about increasingly autonomous weapons systems, practically beyond any human reach to govern
01:47them effectively.
01:49I hear very troubling accounts of algorithms that can block access to health care, employment, and security on the basis
01:58of data tainted by prejudice and injustice.
02:03And I've heard the silence of those who have no voice when decisions are made.
02:10Decisions likely to generate new forms of exclusion and suffering.
02:14From this listening, matured a disturbing conviction expressed in Magnifica Humanitas.
02:22Artificial intelligence needs to be disarmed.
02:26Let's not fear artificial intelligence, but constantly keep the question of the human in play.
02:34We cannot be careless with our most powerful technical instruments.
02:40True development, says St. Paul VI, always concerns each man and the whole man.
02:49For this reason, the Church wishes with humility and frankness to be part of conversations on artificial intelligence.
02:57We do not possess the technical answers, nor do we seek to displace those with expertise.
03:03But we bring a wisdom concerning the human that our present time desperately needs.
03:12For this reason, the Church wishes with humility and frankness to be part of the Church wishes with humility and
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