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AI: Never Violate Human Dignity For Efficiency, Pope Warns

By Stella Enenche, Abuja

Pope Francis had cautioned that Artificial Intelligence (AI) must help human beings for the good of all, and never violate human dignity for the sake of efficiency.

The holy father have the warning on Thursday at the 2025 World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland.

He said AI raises fundamental questions about ethical responsibility, human safety, and the broader implications of these developments for society.

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“AI must be ordered to the human person and become part of efforts to achieve ‘greater justice, more extensive fraternity, and a more humane order of social relations,’ which are ‘more valuable than advances in the technical field,” he said.

The pope said AI is not an artificial form of human intelligence but a product of it, that when used correctly, assists the human person in fulfilling his or her vocation, in freedom and responsibility.

“Progress marked by the dawn of AI calls for a rediscovery of the importance of community and a renewed commitment to care for the common home entrusted to us by God.

“There is, however, the risk that AI will be used to advance the technocratic paradigm which perceives all the world’s problems as solvable through technological means alone.

“Within this paradigm, human dignity and fraternity are frequently subordinated in the pursuit of efficiency as though reality, goodness, and truth inherently emanate from technological and economic power,” he said.

Pope said the critical questions must be addressed, including its effect on the growing crisis of truth in the public forum ethical responsibility, and human safety.

He said technological developments that create or worsen inequalities and conflicts are not true progress.

“For this reason, AI should be placed at the service of a healthier, more human, more social, and more integral development.The principle of subsidiarity is necessary to achieve the common good in the Intelligent Age.

“Appropriate responses should be made at all levels of society,” he said, “with individual users, families, civil society, corporations, institutions, governments, and international organizations working at their proper levels to ensure that AI is directed to the good of all.”

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