United Kingdom: mgr. Arnold, “understanding what God wants of us as individuals, as a community and as a global humanity”

“Just about every invention that we have, there’s a negative side, and we’ve got to be sure to identify that. Our human emotions can help discern what is good for mankind and even what can destroy it. But, being people of God, perhaps we have an advantage. We are acutely aware not to make gods out of ourselves. We have a higher authority to help us maintain our humanity”. With these words, Bishop John Arnold, Lead Bishop for Communications at the Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales, comments, in a release, Pope Francis’s message for the World Communications Day that will be celebrated on May 12th and will focus on “Artificial Intelligence and the wisdom of the heart: towards a fully human communication”. “We, as Christians, rely very much on the guidance of the Spirit to guide us in much of what we do”, Bishop Arnold goes on. “Machines can’t dictate that for us. We’ve got to maintain a sense of independent thinking, independent discernment and wisdom in order to find the best way forward and understand what God wants of us as individuals, as a community and as a global humanity”. “Let’s use machines to assist us in what we’re doing to make our world a better place, to enhance the way we live. But let’s not allow machines in any way to think for us or to make decisions which are not appropriate. I recommend you use ‘Magisterium AI’, a new resource that provides over 6000 documents of the Catholic Church 24 hours a day at incredible speed”.
Valentina Bombelli