
The prime minister underlines the importance of AI that supports humans and manufacturing without replacing them
Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, speaking at the IA.DEA Forum in Varignana, hoped for an Italian path to AI that enhances manufacturing and human work, underlining the role of politics in ensuring that innovation defends the dignity of the person.
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The IA.DEA Forum in Varignana focuses on the prospects of artificial intelligence applied to the Italian industrial context.
We have the opportunity to build an Italian path to artificial intelligence. An AI that arises from manufacturing and works with people, not in their place.
Which makes our businesses more competitive and our work more qualified. May he never lose sight of man, and defend his dignity and professionalism. This was stated by Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni in a video message to the IA.DEA Forum in Varignana (Bologna), organized with Nomisma.
As Pope Leo reminded us, in the age of artificial intelligence and robotics we cannot rely only on the invisible hand of the market. Politics - adds the prime minister - has the task of safeguarding man, defending the common good, guaranteeing that the benefits of innovation are shared. Our history tells us that the Italian genius is able to make the best of the tools at his disposal, with uses and uses that no one else had hypothesized. Today with artificial intelligence we have an extraordinary new opportunity. And we must not be afraid to seize it and make the most of it, to bring our identity to this transformation and demonstrate - once again - what Italy is capable of.

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