Think, collaborate, learn: How to preserve our humanity in the time of AI
Think, collaborate, learn: How to preserve our humanity in the time of AI
Publish Date: 2026-05-22 18:40:00
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Key speakers at the afternoon session of the International Conference on Artificial Intelligence in the Vatican paint a sobering picture of what could be a dystopian future for humanity as AI increasingly shapes our reality. They also convey hope and optimism as men and women of goodwill are called to take action in the service of the common good.
By Linda Bordoni
Pope Leo’s upcoming encyclical, “Magnifica humanitas, on safeguarding the human person in the time of artificial intelligence” and his recent Message for the “World Day of Social Communications” on the theme “Preserving human faces and voices” are a clear indication of the significance he places on what increasingly appears to be the defining issue of our time: Artificial Intelligence and the need to steer it for the good of humanity.
The conference “Preserving Human Voices and Faces,” organized by the Dicastery for Communications and inspired by Pope Leo’s message for the World Day of Social Communication, …
“Preserving human faces and voices” was also the title chosen for an international Conference at the Pontifical Urbaniana University on Thursday, which saw an impressive line-up of key speakers from the world of digital technology, education, and culture reflecting on the impact of AI on society and on the three pillars indicated by the Pope in his Message.
The 3 pillars: Responsibility, Cooperation, Education
The afternoon focused on how the three pillars indicated by the Pope in his Message – Responsibility, Cooperation, and Education – must be practically applied to ensure technology remains an instrument of human domain rather than of human subservience.
Responsibility: Ethical guarantees over profit
We are at a crossroads where the human face must not be replaced by an algorithm, nor…
