Posted 2/10/2024, 8:00:00 AM
Vatican Advisor Benanti Meets Gates, Meloni to Chart Ethical AI Future
- Paolo Benanti is an ethics professor, ordained priest, and self-described "geek" who advises both the Vatican and Italian government on artificial intelligence issues
- He recently met with Bill Gates and Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni to discuss AI
- Benanti heads a commission aiming to save Italian media from issues caused by ChatGPT and other AI systems
- He promotes the "Rome Call," an effort by the Vatican, Italy, Silicon Valley, and UN to safeguard the world as AI advances
- At the Gregorian University in Rome, he teaches courses on digital ethics, social networks, and "The Fall of Babel The Challenges of Digital, Social Networks and Artificial Intelligence"