Franciscan Friar Advises Pope on AI Ethics, Worries About Exploitation of Developing World
• Friar Paolo Benanti is the Vatican's top expert on AI ethics; he is a member of a medieval Franciscan order and consults the Pope on technology issues • Benanti has backgrounds in engineering, moral theology, and ethics; he teaches courses on moral theology and bioethics • He is concerned about ensuring AI technology doesn't exploit people andTrying to govern AI ethically on a global scale • Benanti worries AI training data comes from underpaid workers in developing countries with colonial histories • He aims to advance AI technology's development responsibly to remain "compatible with that fragile system that is democracy"