He Pope Francisco posted a message today World Day of Social Communications. In it, she asked for a “rethical regulation” for the Artificial intelligence and warned about deepfakes and others “risks and pathologies” associates.
He pontiff He made reference to this situation, mentioning when photos were released in which he was seen wearing a white jacket from an international brand and stressed that the tool will only help communication “if it does not nullify the role of journalism on the ground“.
Pope Francis’ message on Artificial Intelligence
Francisco indicated that we must think about the “problem of disinformation which we have been facing for years in the form of fake news and which today is used as deepfakesthat is, the creation and dissemination of images that seem perfectly plausible but are false or audio messages that use a person’s voice to say things they have never said.
Furthermore, in the writing that bears the name of “Artificial intelligence and wisdom of the heart: for fully human communication”, the Dad maintained that “the simulation, which is at the base of these programs, can be useful in some specific fieldsbut it turns perverse when it distorts the relationship with others and reality“.
According to him Dad“since the first wave of artificial intelligence, that of social media, we have understood its ambivalence, realizing both its potentialities as of their risks and pathologies“.
Pope Francis proposes “ethical regulation” for AI
Given the problem, the Pope Francisco assured that it is necessary to act preventively “proposing ethical regulation models to curb the harmful and discriminatory, socially unjust implications of artificial intelligence systems and counter their use in the reduction of pluralism, the polarization of public opinion or the construction of a single thought.”
Finally, in the message, he noted that the use of AI can be positive in the field of communication and contribute to it if it does not “nullify the role of journalism on the ground, but, on the contrary, supports it.
Also, you can contribute positively if “increases the professionalism of communicationholding each communicator responsible and returning to each human being the role of subject, with critical capacity, regarding the same communication,” he stated.
Source: Ambito
