Rome – Rome (AP) – Papa Leo XIV He warned on Friday that artificial intelligence can adversely affect the intellectual, neurological and spiritual development of young people while he suppressed one of the advantages of his new pontificity.

The first American Pope of History sent a message to a conference of him and ethics, part of which was taking place in the Vatican in a sign of Holy concern for new technologies And what do they understand about humanity.

In the message, Leo said that any further development of it should be assessed according to the “high ethical criteria” of the need to defend the dignity of each human being while respecting the diversity of the world’s population.

He specifically warned that the younger generations are more at risk given that they have never had such a quick access to information.

“All of us, I’m sure, we are concerned about children and young people and the possible consequences of using it for their intellectual and neurological development,” he said in the message. “The well -being of society depends on their ability to give them the ability to develop their gifts and abilities given by God,” and not allow them to simply confuse access to intelligence data.

“After all, authentic wisdom has more to do with knowing the true meaning of life than with the availability of data,” he said.

Leo, who was elected in May after the death of Pope Francis, has identified him as one of the most critical issues that mankind faces, saying that this is challenges to defend dignity, justice and human work. He has explained his concern for him by calling his name, Pope Leo XIII. That Leo was the Pope during the dawn of the industrial revolution and made the difficult state of the workers and the need to guarantee their rights and dignity, a major advantage.

At the end of his pontification, Francis became increasingly vocal for threats to humanity presented by him and called for a international treaty to fix it. Francescu said politicians should take the lead to ensure that it remains in the human center, so that decisions of using weapons or even less deadly means are always made by humans and not cars.

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