Pope Leo XIV declared that artificial intelligence needs to be disarmed.
"The word is strong, I know but deliberately chosen because this moment needs words capable of attracting attention awakening consciences and indicating paths forward for humanity," the Pope said.
He drew a direct parallel to the Church's long-standing push for nuclear disarmament: "The church has long been working for nuclear disarmament aware that every great technical power can affect people's lives and so must be accompanied by adequate moral discernment in public control."
"Nuclear disarmament remains a service to peace and the dignity of the human family," he continued. "In a similar sense, artificial intelligence now demands to be disarmed freed from logics that turn it into an instrument of domination exclusion and death like nuclear energy."
The Pope added: "It must be at the service of all and good. Decisions about technology must never be separated from conscience and responsibility."
He closed with a biblical call to vigilance: "Let us not sleep as others do admonished the Apostle Paul. But let's keep awake. Such vigilance is necessary today."
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