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教皇方济各首份通谕警告人工智能风险，呼吁为技术发展建立伦理框架

罗马，2025年5月26日——教皇方济各（Pope Leo XIV）在其上任后发布的首份重要教义文件中，就人工智能及不受约束的技术力量所蕴含的风险发出警告。这份题为《崇高人性》（Magnifica Humanitas）的通谕被视为教皇关于“在人工智能时代守护人性尊严”的宣言，深入探讨了人工智能驱动战争的危害、对劳动力市场的影响，以及建立全新法律与伦理框架以规范技术发展的必要性。

在这份长达4.2万字的通谕中，教皇强调人工智能的快速应用正在引发经济与社会剧变，而对个体的保护不足则威胁到人类尊严。他将当前的人工智能时代比作“巴别塔”，警示社会必须避免“巴别塔综合征”——即“牺牲弱者的利润崇拜、抹杀差异的单一化，以及妄图用一种语言（即使是数字语言）将包括人的奥秘在内的一切转化为数据与表现。”

通谕覆盖了人工智能已深度嵌入的多个现代生活领域：失业与劳工权益、人工智能辅助战争、儿童接触人工智能工具与内容等。核心诉求是呼吁将人的尊严置于决策与治理的中心。教皇写道：“我们需要一种道德与社会辨别的智慧，守护人的首要地位，确保始终是拥有良知与自由的人类智慧主导技术创新，并负责任地决定其使用与界限。”

具体提案包括：为自动化和人工智能引入制定社会标准，配套劳动者保护与再培训计划；由人类而非不透明的技术系统决定何时使用致命武力；帮助师生以负责任、批判且具创造性的方式接触新技术；在算法用于招聘或服务机会决策时确保透明与问责；开发更环保可持续的人工智能技术。

值得注意的是，人工智能对人类社会的影响已成为教皇关注的标志性议题。他选择这一教皇名号，正是为了向上任教皇利奥十三世（Pope Leo XIII）在工业革命时期为保护工人而发布通谕的传统致敬。在发布通谕当天，人工智能公司Anthropic联合创始人克里斯托弗·奥拉（Christopher Olah）在场。据Politico报道，亚马逊、Meta和谷歌的代表此前已与梵蒂冈官员会面，试图影响教廷在这一议题上的立场。

这份通谕并非全盘否定人工智能，而是呼吁“解除技术武装”——既包括军事意义上的解除武装，也包括经济与社会层面的祛魅。教皇指出：“解除武装意味着否定技术权力自动赋予统治权的假设。这并非拒绝技术，而是防止技术支配人类。”

中文翻译：

教宗良十四世周一发布其首份重要教宗文件，警告人工智能与不受约束的技术力量所带来的风险。《崇高人性》是教宗关于“在人工智能时代守护人性尊严”的宣言，其中探讨了人工智能军事化应用的危险、人工智能对劳动力市场的影响，以及建立新型法律与伦理框架以规范技术的必要性。

教宗良呼吁在人工智能时代保持“深邃的人性”
教宗周一发布的首份重要宣言，呼吁建立新的法律与伦理框架来规范人工智能。
在这份教宗通谕（即天主教会公开信）中，教宗良强调，人工智能的快速应用正引发经济与社会剧变，而针对个人的保护措施不足，威胁着人性尊严。他将当前的人工智能时代比作巴别塔，指出社会必须“避免‘巴别塔综合征’”——他将其定义为“牺牲弱者以追逐利润的偶像崇拜、抹杀差异的千篇一律，以及假装一种语言（即便是数字语言）能翻译一切——包括将人的奥秘转化为数据与表现。”

教宗良的信函触及人工智能已深度渗透的现代生活主要领域：就业流失与劳动现状、人工智能军事化应用，以及儿童接触人工智能工具与内容等问题。通谕首要呼吁将人性尊严作为决策与治理的核心。教宗写道，这封信函是“对道德与社会辨别的呼吁，以守护人的首要地位，确保始终由拥有良知与自由的人类智慧来引导技术创新，并负责任地决定其用途与边界。”

这份逾4.2万字的信函将“在采用人工智能时保持审慎、严格评估，甚至有时放缓节奏”的呼吁，定义为“对人类大家庭负责任的关怀实践”。具体提议包括：

• 为引入自动化与人工智能制定社会标准，同时为劳动者提供保障与再培训计划
• 应由人类（而非不透明的技术系统）决定何时使用致命武力
• 帮助教师与学生以负责任、批判性和创造性的方式接触新技术
• 在算法用于招聘、服务获取或机会分配决策时，确保透明度与问责制
• 开发更具环境可持续性的人工智能技术

人工智能对人类的影响一直是教宗良关注的核心议题：他选择圣名时援引工业革命时期，其前任教宗良十三世曾在技术进步中发布保护劳动者的通谕。教宗良亦持续与人工智能产业互动——Anthropic联合创始人克里斯托弗·奥拉出席了周一通谕发布仪式。据Politico报道，在周一通谕发布前，亚马逊、Meta和谷歌的代表已与梵蒂冈官员会面，科技行业试图影响教廷立场。（另有一批人试图向教宗灌输“通用人工智能”理念；《崇高人性》并未明确提及通用人工智能。）

该通谕并非全盘否定人工智能。教宗良呼吁对技术进行“解除武装”——既在军事层面，也在经济与社会层面。他表示，人工智能不应被用于权力争夺或社会垄断的竞赛。
“解除武装意味着驳斥‘技术力量天然赋予治理权’的假设。解除武装并非拒绝技术，而是防止技术支配人类。”

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英文来源：

Pope Leo XIV warned of the risks of AI and unconstrained technological power in his first major papal document released on Monday. Magnifica Humanitas is the pope’s manifesto on “safeguarding the human person in the time of artificial intelligence,” in which he discusses the dangers of AI-powered warfare, the effects of AI on labor, and the need for new legal and ethical frameworks to govern technology.
Pope Leo calls for being ‘profoundly human’ in the age of AI
The pope’s first major manifesto, published Monday, calls for a new legal and ethical framework to govern AI.
The pope’s first major manifesto, published Monday, calls for a new legal and ethical framework to govern AI.
In his papal encyclical — a kind of open letter from the Catholic Church — Pope Leo stressed the economic and social upheaval that rapid AI adoption is creating, with inadequate protections for individuals that threaten human dignity. He compared the current era of AI to the Tower of Babel, saying society must “avoid the ‘Babel syndrome,’” which he defines as “the idolatry of profit that sacrifices the weak, a uniformity that neutralizes differences, and the pretense that a single language — even a digital one — can translate everything, including the mystery of the person, into data and performance.”
Pope Leo’s letter touches on major areas of modern life that AI has become deeply embedded in: job loss and labor generally, AI-powered warfare, and children being exposed to AI tools and content, among other topics. Above all, the encyclical calls for the dignity of humans to be a central part of decision-making and governance. The letter is an appeal for “moral and social discernment that safeguards the primacy of the human person, in order to ensure that it will always be human intelligence, with its conscience and freedom, that guides technical innovations and responsibly determines their use and limits,” Leo writes.
The letter, which runs more than 42,000 words, frames the call for “prudence, rigorous evaluation and even, at times, a slower pace in adopting AI” as “an exercise of responsible care for the human family.” Among some of the proposals:

• A social criteria for introducing automation and AI, along with protections and retraining programs for workers
• Humans, not opaque technological systems, should make decisions about when to use lethal force
• Help for teachers and students to engage with new technology in responsible, critical, and creative ways
• Transparency and accountability when algorithms are used to make decisions around hiring or access to services and opportunities
• Develop more environmentally sustainable AI technology
  The effects of AI on humanity have been a defining issue for Pope Leo: He chose his papal name in reference to the industrial revolution, during which his predecessor, Pope Leo XIII, issued his own encyclical on protecting workers amid technological advancements. Pope Leo has also been engaging with the AI industry — Anthropic co-founder Christopher Olah was present when the pope presented his encyclical on Monday. Politico reported that representatives from Amazon, Meta, and Google have met with Vatican officials ahead of the publication of Monday’s encyclical as the tech industry tries to influence the church’s positions. (There’s also a subset trying to “AGI-pill” the pope; Magnifica Humanitas doesn’t explicitly mention artificial general intelligence.)
  The encyclical isn’t a blanket objection to AI. Rather, Pope Leo calls for the “disarming” of the technology — both in a military sense and also economic and societal sense. AI shouldn’t be used for a race to amass power or monopolize society, he says.
  “To disarm means discrediting the assumption that technical power automatically confers the right to govern. To disarm does not mean rejecting technology, but preventing it from dominating humanity.”
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