Days after Pope Leo XIV called for the disarmament of artificial intelligence (AI), the CEO of French AI company Mistral rejected the pontiff’s criticism, claiming that Europe needed its own set of tools to safeguard itself against rivals using AI in warfare.
Mistral co-founder Arthur Mensch said that Europe was not in a position to ignore the use of AI by adversaries. “We’re all for peace, but if you look at our rivals and adversaries in the world, they’re using artificial intelligence… As long as we have adversaries that are threatening, and they are threatening, we do need to have our own capabilities,” he told reporters, as per Reuters.
Mensch’s comments come at a time when nations like the US, Israel, Ukraine, Russia, China, etc., are increasingly exploring the use of AI in warfare and active combat. Most of these nations are reportedly using AI for autonomous targeting, intelligence analysis, and drone swarm integration, among other military use cases.
On Sunday, May 24, the Pope issued his first encyclical since his election where he urged the regulation of AI. The Pope had said that lethal decisions should never be delegated to AI and that no algorithm can make war morally acceptable. According to the pontiff, the development and use of AI in warfare should be subject to the most rigorous ethical constraints to ensure respect for human dignity and the sanctity of life. He also said that it is the responsibility of the creators and those in power.
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