The head of the Vatican Commission on AI has never used neural networks

Cardinal Michael Cerny, who heads the Vatican’s artificial intelligence (AI) commission, has never used it himself. This he admitted in the podcast Brussels Playbook Podcast from Politico.

Asked if the cardinal had used AI, he replied: "No, not yet." I just didn't have time for that.

According to Politico, Cardinal Czerny has been leading the Vatican’s AI Commission for four months to examine the potential impact of this technology on humanity. He said in an interview that he was willing to learn and even considered it his moral duty to gain personal experience in using AI.

Pope Leo XIV pays great attention to AI issues and has repeatedly spoken on this topic. In May, the Vatican issued a papal encyclical, “Magnifica humanitas: on the protection of the human person in the age of AI.” In it, the pope, in particular, says that AI is not a “purely technical issue” and calls for more attention to ethical issues in this field, as well as the impact of technology on jobs and society as a whole.

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