‘Human-Centered AI’: How Should the Church Engage With Emerging Artificial Intelligence Technologies?
Father Philip Larrey discussed the emerging technology of AI, its possible benefits and perils, and the role the Catholic Church has taken in this discussion.
From the perspective of the Catholic Church, as we use these technologies, we need to keep the focus on the human person. “Human-centered AI” is becoming a motto that can sum up the Church’s view on this issue. The Institute for Technology, Ethics and Culture at Santa Clara University recently published a handbook called “Ethics in the Age of Disruptive Technologies: An Operational Roadmap,” which provides a very good analysis of these issues from a Catholic point of view. Bishop Paul Tighe, secretary of the Dicastery for Culture and Education in the Vatican, has endorsed the handbook as reflecting a truly Catholic perspective.
Institute for Technology, Ethics, and Culture (ITEC) referenced by the National Catholic Register.