Benson, writing in 1907, depicted a world divided into mutually hostile blocs turning its back on conservative values and faith and embracing progressive ideas in a way that led to the destruction both of the world and of the Catholic Church. In his address, Pope Francis returned to the way in which the question was posed by earlier Catholic writers, particularly by the Italian priest Romano Guardini in his reflective Letters from Como and by the English Catholic convert Robert Hugh Benson in his dystopian novel, Lord of the World. The link between them was that both men shared concern about the dangers of unrestricted technological development and the need for informed conversation in society about the benefits and risks for society of technology.Īt the heart of this issue is what is involved in Human Intelligence, and so what uses of mind should be privileged in society. The senior researcher into Artificial Intelligence at Google in the United States resigned, and Pope Francis addressed an Academy of Science and Culture in Hungary.
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