Pope: a reliable AI serving humans beats a powerful but uncontrollable one
AnnaCiaunica · x · 2026-10-31
Pope Francis stated that AI's future is not predetermined: as a human-developed technology, its course depends on our choices, and humanity has a responsibility to steer, adjust, and where necessary reject its applications. A reliable system serving humans, he argued, is worth more than an extremely powerful one whose consequences cannot be adequately foreseen or controlled.
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