Pope Leo XIV calls for a ban on lethal autonomous weapons
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In a papal address on Friday, reported on October 30, Pope Leo XIV called for AI systems to be "disarmed" and urged UN member states to take concrete steps to ban lethal autonomous weapons at next month's meeting in Geneva. He said machines are tools, not people, and warned against granting AI systems rights or legal personality. Decisions involving human life, freedom and the use of force must stay under effective human oversight, he said. The report covers only the Pope's call; it does not say member states have acted.
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- The Verge · AIPope Leo calls for the disarmament of AI: ‘Machines are tools, not persons’
教皇利奥十四世在周五的教皇讲话中呼吁对AI系统「解除武装」，并敦促联合国成员国在下月日内瓦会议上「采取具体步骤禁止致命性自主武器」。他强调「机器是工具，不是人」，警告不应赋予AI系统权利或法律人格，涉及人类生命、自由与使用武力的决策必须始终处于有效的人类监督之下。
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