Artificial intelligence should not be considered a person, should not be deified, and should not be used to replace human interactions, but should be used "only as a complementary tool to human intelligence". The Pope's warnings regarding AI in recent years form the basis for Antiqua et Nova, the note on the relationship between Artificial Intelligence and Human Intelligence, the result of mutual reflection between the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith and the Congregation for Culture and Education. A document addressed to parents, teachers, priests, bishops, and others entrusted to educate and transmit the faith, as well as those who believe in the need of scientific and technical advancement "at the service of the person and the common good". The Pope-approved Note is broken into 117 paragraphs and focuses on the problems and potential of AI growth in education, economics, work, health, international and interpersonal interactions, and military contexts. In the latter instance, the Note cautions that the potential of AI could expand war resources "far beyond the reach of human control", thereby accelerating "a destabilizing arms race with devastating consequences for human rights". More specifically, the text cites with reasoned balance the dangers of AI as well as the development, which it does urge as "part of the collaboration" of man with God "in bringing visible creation to perfection". The concern, however, is significant, as it is posed by all innovations whose effects are still unpredictable, even those that appear harmless at the time, such as the generation of texts and images that have the potential to impact the "growing crisis of truth".
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