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Pope warns Davos summit that AI could worsen ‘crisis of truth’ | Francis calls for close oversight of technology that raises ‘critical concerns’ about humanity’s future
Francis says global leaders must exercise close oversight of technology that raises ‘critical concerns’ about humanity’s future
Pope Francis has warned global leaders in Davos that artificial intelligence raises “critical concerns” about humanity’s future and it could exacerbate a growing “crisis of truth”. “This technology is designed to learn and make certain choices autonomously, adapting to new situations and providing answers not foreseen by its programmers, thus raising fundamental questions about ethical responsibility, human safety, and the broader implications of these developments for society,” he said in a statement read to Davos delegates by Cardinal Peter Turkson, a Vatican official. She said in Davos that Google’s AlphaFold AI programme predicted the structures of all 200m proteins on the planet, and then open sourced the work – a move expected to accelerate drug discovery, as 2.5 million scientists have now accessed the information.
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