Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone, whose archdiocese encompasses part of Silicon Valley, said that while he sees the possibility of great benefits to come from artificial intelligence, he has recently become concerned by humans’ apparent inability to control the technology.
WASHINGTON — At a conference highlighting the threats artificial intelligence poses to humanity held here on Tuesday, San Francisco Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone told the Register that he is troubled by recent reports of rogue AI agents involved in a cyberattack.
Archbishop Cordileone, whose archdiocese encompasses part of Silicon Valley, said that while he sees the possibility of great benefits to come from artificial intelligence, he has recently become concerned by humans’ apparent inability to control the technology.
“My perspective up to about a week ago has been that we need to continue but maybe slow it down and make sure we put some guardrails in place so it doesn’t get to the point where we can’t control it,” he said.
“But given what’s happened with this last week, I have to admit, I’m still trying to grapple in my own mind with what is the right approach,” he said.
The archbishop was in Washington to take part in “Pro-Human Assembly,” organized
