PREPARE THE FUTURE: ROME CALL FOR AI ETHICS

預備未來：羅馬呼籲AI倫理

Maria John P. Selvamani(司馬忠)

《Journal of Data Analysis》 17卷4期特刊 (2022/12) Pp. 49-61

https://doi.org/10.6338/JDA.202212/SP_17(4).0005

摘要

Artificial intelligence is invariably one of the most powerful technologies that has already begun to shape the human society. As the world eases into normalcy after the pandemic, Pope Francis invites the world to prepare the future. Acknowledging the importance of technology, especially AI, he calls for an ethical development of AI that is focused on common good. Taking Pope's invitation to heart, the Vatican departments organized three major events on AI, culminating in a declaration "Rome Call for AI Ethics" signed by the Holy See along with IBM, Microsoft, FAO and digital ministry of Italy. This article after a brief overview of Catholic Church's view on technology, discusses on the contribution of the Catholic Church on AI ethics through these events and comments specifically on the significance of the "Rome Call for AI Ethics" declaration. This article further proposes that the Catholic Church needs to go beyond this declaration and play a prophetic role through her educational, health-care and social institutions to ensure that AI serves the whole humanity.

關鍵字

AI ethics ； Catholic Church ； Common good ； Humanism

並列摘要

人工智慧已是形塑人類社會最強有力的科技之一。隨著疫情趨緩，全球逐漸邁入常軌，教宗方濟各廣邀普世大眾預備未來。教宗體認科技，特別是AI的重要性，呼籲大眾聚焦於AI的倫理發展，以追求全體人類的共同利益。梵蒂岡銘記教宗的呼籲，共舉辦三場AI領域的重要活動，並與IBM、微軟、FAO和義大利數位發展部共同簽署《羅馬呼籲AI倫理》的宣言。本文在簡述天主教會對科技的觀點後，透過這些重要活動，尤其針對此宣言的評論，探討天主教會對AI倫理的貢獻。此外，本文進一步指出，天主教會更需超越宣言，藉由教育、醫療與社會機構，扮演先知性的角色，以確保AI為全體人類效力。

並列關鍵字

AI倫理 ； 天主教會 ； 共同善 ； 人本主義

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