POPE FRANCIS ATTENDS THE G7 SESSION ON ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE [13-15 June 2024] ADDRESS OF HIS HOLINESS POPE FRANCIS Borgo Egnazia (Puglia) Friday, 14 June 2024 [Multimedia] ________________________________________ An exciting and fearsome tool Esteemed ladies and gentlemen, I address you today, the leaders of the Intergovernmental Forum of the G7, concerning the effects of artificial intelligence on the future of humanity. “Sacred Scripture attests that God bestowed his Spirit upon human beings so that they might have ‘skill and understanding and knowledge in every craft’ ( Ex 35:31)”. [1] Science and technology are therefore brilliant products of the creative potential of human beings. [2] Indeed, artificial intelligence arises precisely from the use of this God-given creative potential. As we know, artificial intelligence is an extremely powerful tool, employed in many kinds of human activity: from medicine to the world of work; from culture to the field of communications; fr...