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Contributions from the Catholic Church to ethical reflections in the digital era

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The Catholic Church is challenged by scientific and technological innovation but can help to integrate multiple voices in the ongoing dialogue regarding AI and machine ethics. In this context, a multidisciplinary working group brought together by the Church reflected on roboethics, explored the themes of embodiment, agency and intelligence.

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  1. Italian Institute of Technology, Genoa, Italy

    Edoardo Sinibaldi

  2. Working Group on Roboethics of the Pontifical Academy for Life, Vatican City, Vatican City

    Edoardo Sinibaldi, Chris Gastmans, Miguel Yáñez, Richard M. Lerner & László Kovács

  3. Centre for Biomedical Ethics and Law, Catholic University of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

    Chris Gastmans

  4. Faculty of Theology, Pontifical Gregorian University, Rome, Italy

    Miguel Yáñez

  5. Institute for Applied Research in Youth Development, Tufts University, Medford, MA, USA

    Richard M. Lerner

  6. Faculty of Liberal Arts and Sciences, University of Applied Sciences, Augsburg, Germany

    László Kovács

  7. Pontifical Academy for Life, Vatican City, Vatican City

    Carlo Casalone, Renzo Pegoraro & Vincenzo Paglia

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Sinibaldi, E., Gastmans, C., Yáñez, M. et al. Contributions from the Catholic Church to ethical reflections in the digital era. Nat Mach Intell 2, 242–244 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1038/s42256-020-0175-4

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