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To make AI morally good, tech companies are turning to religion. But some experts say it isn't that simple

To make AI morally good, tech companies are turning to religion. But some experts say it isn't that simple

Summary

Some technology companies are looking to religious traditions for guidance on teaching AI chatbots right from wrong. Anthropic co-founder Chris Olah said at the Vatican that these questions are beyond what a lab can answer, while experts caution that religion does not make the issue simple.

Key Facts

  • Tech companies are racing to build more powerful artificial intelligence.
  • Some companies are asking how to teach chatbots right from wrong.
  • Some technology companies are looking to religion for guidance on AI ethics.
  • Anthropic co-founder Chris Olah spoke earlier this year at the Vatican.
  • The event presented Pope Leo XIV's encyclical on AI.
  • Olah said traditions such as religious ones have considered these questions for millennia.
  • The article says some experts warn that using religion to guide AI is not simple.
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