U.S. Catholic bishops meet with AI firms about ‘catastrophic’ risk
Leaders of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops met Wednesday with top tech firms and other experts in artificial intelligence to discuss “catastrophic, existential risk” potentially posed by the new technology.
TL;DR
- Leaders from the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops met with top AI tech firms and experts to discuss "catastrophic, existential risk" from AI.
- The meeting was scheduled before recent warnings from AI insiders about the technology developing too fast and posing significant dangers.
- A new Task Force on Preserving Human Dignity in the Age of Artificial Intelligence was launched, led by Bishop Oscar Cantú.
- Tech companies like Anthropic have been consulting religious leaders to make AI more ethical.
- Bishops met with members of Congress to advocate for safety guardrails on AI and online child protection legislation.