In a 23-minute in-flight news conference, the pontiff also answered questions about end-of-life issues and sexual abuse.
ABOARD THE PAPAL FLIGHT — Pope Leo XIV said he takes seriously the warnings raised by tech experts about the dangers of AI — including risks to humanity — but he is not panicking over dire predictions.
“If someone were to ask me, am I in panic mode, no I’m not, I sleep at night. I do think the concerns raised by many experts in AI should be taken seriously,” the Pope told reporters accompanying him on his flight to Rome from Metz, France, Sept. 28.
“I don’t think that is fake news, as some have said, to try and cause … financial or some other kind of benefit,” he added.
A former safety researcher at the AI company Anthropic warned earlier this month that he believes the technology’s rapid advancement could mean there’s a more than 10% chance that AI could “could kill all humans” within a decade.
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei responded by calling on the AI industry to slow down the pace of advanced model development to address risks, and other industry leaders publicly supported his call.
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