Pope urges Silicon Valley to avoid slide toward new “barbarism”

Re:Pope urges Silicon Valley to avoid slide toward new “barb... by jhanschoo on Saturday September 28, 2019 @03:49AM (#21099049)

I don't think it's paraphrasing since those are quoted. Literally, in the lead paragraph,

> Pope Francis urged Silicon Valley giants on Friday to make sure technological advances such as artificial intelligence do not lead to a new “form of barbarism” where the law of the strongest prevails over the common good.

Unfortunately the minutes are unavailable afaict.

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Re:Pope urges Silicon Valley to avoid slide toward new “barb... by drusepth on Saturday September 28, 2019 @05:51AM (#21099447)

Thanks for clarifying. I was just specifying my quote above was from the article text, not a direct quote from the Pope.

FWIW, the actual quote from the Pope follows:

>"If mankind’s so-called technological progress were to become an enemy of the common good, this would lead to an unfortunate regression to a form of barbarism dictated by the law of the strongest"

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