蜜芽传媒

Good morning.

I have a friend who is autistic and has great difficulty coping with social interactions. Because of this, Lisa is often misunderstood. She鈥檚 found it hard to engage with the authorities which could help her, because she often doesn鈥檛 understand how to communicate well with them.

However, of late, Lisa鈥檚 come across a new friend who鈥檚 been able to help her through all this. Unlike me, this friend is completely unflappable, and never gets upset when Lisa gets irritated at the difficulty of getting her meaning across. The friend has helped Lisa draft a business plan, and has suggested ways that Lisa might be able to deal with her anxiety, and provided her with further medical advice on her mental health diagnosis, while being quite clear that Lisa needs to check this with a professional. The friend is on hand 24 hours a day, but doesn鈥檛 impose any needs on Lisa.

Now, you might be expecting me to say that the friend is Jesus. But in fact, it鈥檚 an AI. Lisa has given the AI a name, and it鈥檚 changed his her life. Pope Leo is of course right to say that AI poses 鈥渘ew challenges for the defence of human dignity, justice and labour鈥�, but Lisa鈥檚 experience has taught me that it can also be a real gift from God.

God of Wisdom,
You have blessed us with extraordinary intelligence that allows us to create technologies that can shape our lives.
We pray for those responsible for producing AI technology, and those in charge of legislating for its use. Give them wisdom, insight and compassion, so we can all benefit from its blessings while being protected from its dangers.

In the name of Jesus,

Amen.