Historic: Pope Francis to participate in G7 summit and discuss Artificial Intelligence – ZENIT

(ZENIT News / Roma, 04.30.2024).- “I have the honor to announce Pope Francis’s participation in the proceedings of the G7 Italy. It is the first time that a Pontiff participates in the workings of the Group of Seven, and this can only bring prestige to Italy and the entire G7,” said Italy’s Prime Minister, Giorgia Meloni, announcing a historic event: the first time in history that a Pope participates in a G7 summit. The summit will take place in Apulia from June 13 to 15, 2024, and will involve the leaders of the countries that make up the G7: the United States, Canada, France, the United Kingdom, Germany, and Japan.

Prime Minister Meloni stated that the Italian government aims to enhance the contribution of the Holy See to the topic of artificial intelligence, particularly with the “Rome Call for AI Ethics in 2020,” on a path “that leads to concrete application of the concept of ‘algoraethics,’ that is, to give ethics to algorithms.”

“I am convinced,” she added, “that the presence of the Pope will decisively contribute to the definition of a normative, ethical, and cultural framework for artificial intelligence, because on this ground, on the present and future of this technology, our capacity, the capacity of the international community, will once again be measured, as another Pope, Saint John Paul II, reminded us in his famous speech to the United Nations on October 2, 1979.” “Political activity, both national and international, comes from man, is exercised through man, and is for man,” Meloni further explained.

The issue of artificial intelligence, she added, “will be the greatest anthropological challenge of this era,” “a technology that can generate great opportunities but also entails enormous risks, in addition to inevitably affecting global balances.” “Our commitment,” she emphasized, “is to develop governance mechanisms to ensure that artificial intelligence is centered on and controlled by humans, that is, to keep the person at the center and have the person as the ultimate goal.”

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