
Pope emphasizes that machine-generated content lacks the spark of humanity, calling on churches and artists to work together to protect human dignity
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Pope Leo XIV has repeatedly expressed concern about the potential impact of AI technology, and in May this year established the Vatican AI Commission to coordinate related policies.
Pope Leo XIV attended an event in the Vatican on the 1st. (AFP)
Roman Catholic Pope Leo XIV issued another warning on the 2nd about the rapid development of artificial intelligence (AI) technology. He pointed out that content generated by machines through algorithms is fundamentally different from human artistic creation. He called on the Catholic Church and artists to work together to jointly defend human creativity in the era of AI-generated content.
The Axios website reported on the 2nd that Leo XIV posted on the social platform on the 2nd that, "In this era of artificial intelligence, it is becoming increasingly urgent to distinguish between human art and machine-produced works." He pointed out that "the difference between art and machine-generated content is not just aesthetic, but also fundamental." Machines generate content through statistical calculations based on millions of images created by others. "The algorithm lacks the spark of humanity." The Pope called on the Catholic Church to join forces with artists and cultural institutions to "defend our humanity".
Although Leo XIV once affirmed the benefits that AI may bring, he also repeatedly warned that the progress of AI cannot be at the expense of human dignity. He said just last week that he wanted to avoid losing humanity in a "machine paradise" where AI invades and restricts daily life, and believed that recent warnings from AI researchers should be "taken seriously."
The Pope has previously warned about the possible impact of AI on humanity, and established the Vatican AI Commission in May to coordinate the church’s policies and related work on AI.

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