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Pope Leo last Friday urged Catholic lawmakers to develop policy that would provide transparency on the use of AI, and protect families from the economic, moral, and social harms that might be caused by the disruptive potential of artificial intelligence.
The pope warned of “a subtle form of domination when algorithms decide who is seen” and who is not, “when digital platforms shape public discourse without accountability, and when the dignity of workers is subordinated to the optimization of systems.”
The role of lawmakers, Leo said, is to “encourage scientific and technological creativity while safeguarding fundamental human rights and freedom,” and to “protect users from exploitation, preserve personal privacy, ensure transparency in the use of emerging technologies.”
But while the pope was talking to lawmakers, he wasn’t just doing so as a pastor — he is himself a legislator, the lawmaker of the universal Church, and thus his words of advice might well be taken to apply to the ecclesial society, and its body of law, as to any other society.
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