The Catholic Bishop of Awka Diocese, Most Rev. Paulinus Ezeokafor, says humanity is doomed if Artificial Intelligence (AI) is allowed to control human beings.
Ezeokafor said this on Sunday at the Retreat and Conference Centre, Awka, to mark 58th World Communications Week with the theme – “Artificial intelligence and wisdom of the heart: for a fully human communication”.
The World Communications Week, marked from May 5 to May 12, is a vehicle for commenting on the growing urgency in the mass media for responsibility, transparency and the promotion of healthy values.
The Catholic Bishop said that artificial intelligence systems should be under the control of man as they were man-made systems which only gave out what had been fed into it by humans.
“Artificial Intelligence systems are very good in themselves, they can help us do a lot but if we do not take care, they will take over humanity.
“Artificial Intelligence should be made to service humanity and not control or…
Source: Guardian Newspaper
