https://preview.redd.it/3dok3j1t4m3h1.png?width=640&format=png&auto=webp&s=33c04a09dbbea6fb1d7177dc604cb47dba1f1749 On Monday, May 25, Pope Leo XIV and Anthropic co-founder Christopher Olah actually launched a new social encyclical at the Vatican. It’s titled “Magnifica humanitas: Protecting Humanity in the Age of AI,” and it basically calls for strict international regulation and independent oversight on the whole tech sector. In the text, the Pope openly criticizes how a tiny group of private companies are consolidating all this data and power, arguing it’s a major threat to society and kids. Right now, market leaders like OpenAI and Anthropic are some of the biggest private firms in the US, with valuations in the hundreds of billions. Both are apparently heading toward IPOs pushing close to $1 trillion, which is honestly more than the GDP of quite a few countries. Christopher Olah even admitted during the presentation that AI development brings a massive risk of widespread job displacement, which is why independent outside control is a must. The document also dives into the military side of things and how these models might normalize warfare, to the point where the Pope straight up declared the Catholic Church’s traditional “just war” theory completely outdated. This whole initiative is actually the result of a ten-year dialogue between the Vatican and Silicon Valley aimed at building strict legal frameworks. The goal of the document is to lay down ethical and social standards so the digital revolution actually prioritizes human dignity and the common good, rather than just chasing corporate profits or political influence. Source: https://www.wired.com/story/anthropic-christopher-olah-pope-ai-encyclical/ submitted by /u/andrewaltair
Originally posted by u/andrewaltair on r/ArtificialInteligence
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