Robots Archives

Autonomous weapons systems threaten peace, says Vatican official

Catholic News Service, Vatican
Mar 28, 2019

The growing use of autonomous weapons systems poses serious risks to global peace and stability, a Vatican representative told a U.N. meeting in Geneva.

Enthusiasm, anxiety percolate at Vatican conference on robotics and AI

Church in Europe
Feb 26, 2019

Vatican conference mixes enthusiam with concern over technological developments in artificial intelligence.

Robots and AI: Papal academy decodes newest pro-life challenges

Catholic News Service, Vatican
Jan 3, 2019

Even though today’s modern tools and technologies are hardly human, the Pontifical Academy for Life is zeroing in on the world of robots and machines powered by artificial intelligence.

Vatican official: Prohibit ‘killer robots’ now before they become reality

Catholic News Service, Vatican
Nov 27, 2018

Fully automated and autonomous lethal weapons systems must be banned now before they become a reality in tomorrow’s wars, a Vatican representative said.

Killer robots will make war even more inhumane, Vatican official says

Catholic News Service, Vatican
Apr 12, 2018

Allowing for the development and use of fully automated lethal weapons systems would make warfare even more inhumane and undermine efforts to achieve peace through dialogue, not an arms race, a Vatican representative said.

As artificial intelligence grows, so do perceived threats to human uniqueness

Church in the US, Religion News Service
Aug 2, 2017

Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla, and Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Facebook, expressed differing views on the role and dangers of Artificial Intelligence. But experts say that the issue could be the “excessive” humanization of robots, which might raise existential issues and questions in humans.