00:00Pope Leo XIV offered a radically opposing view to that of U.S. President Donald Trump's on the need for
00:07further AI safety measures.
00:09Speaking to journalists as he departed France following a four-day visit and the first apostolic journey to the country
00:15in 18 years,
00:17the pontiff noted that industry experts' concerns should be listened to.
00:20In recent months, various top AI executives, including Anthropic CEO Dario Amadei, have sounded the alarm that AI may be
00:29advancing too rapidly
00:30and that a deceleration is needed for safety measures to catch up.
00:35If someone were to ask me, am I in panic mode? No, I'm not. I sleep at night.
00:41I do think that the concerns raised by many of the experts, specialists in AI, should be taken seriously.
00:48I don't think that that is fake news, as some have said, to try and cause, whether financial or some
00:55other kind of benefit.
00:57Trump had, on more than one occasion, dismissed such concerns as a hoax stemming from his political opponents
01:03and even berated figures like Amadei for raising them.
01:06We need to continue to invite political leaders, the leaders of AI, social organizations, associations,
01:16to come together and look at what is happening already and what could be down the road.
01:23To simply say, oh, it's not going to happen and close our eyes to it,
01:26I think is probably not the most responsible way to go about that.
01:30The U.S.-born Pope has been one of the most notable figures championing greater AI safety regulations.
01:36Just days after his election, he dedicated his first encyclical to AI
01:41and urged major players in the space to do more to prevent the technology from posing catastrophic risks to humanity.
