At the Pontifical Gregorian University, the international event “The AI and the Future of Work” took place

“The AI and the Future of Work” was the theme of the international conference held on Tuesday morning, May 5, at the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome.

The discussion opened with a welcome address by Father Mark Lewis, Rector of the Pontifical Gregorian University. Speakers then included H.E. Anthony Chung-Yi Ho, Ambassador of Taiwan to the Holy See; H.E. Brian Francis Burch, Ambassador of the United States of America to the Holy See; Éric Salobir of the Human Technology Foundation; Father Paolo Benanti, professor at the Pontifical Gregorian University; George Osborne of OpenAI; and Noam Yuchtman of the London School of Economics and Political Science. Sister Raffaella Petrini, President of the Governorate of the Vatican City State, also delivered a presentation during the meeting.

The event, promoted by the Embassy of the United States of America to the Holy See in collaboration with the Embassies of Australia, Canada, Japan, the United Kingdom, and Taiwan to the Holy See, together with Georgetown University, the Catholic Institute of Technology, and the Leonum Institute for AI & Emerging Technology of the Catholic University of America, brought together theologians, ethics experts, regulators, policymakers, and academics to discuss artificial intelligence and the future of work.