Desk: The debate around Artificial Intelligence (AI) is intensifying around the world. Now Anthropic co-founder Chris Olah has warned that the future of AI should not be only in the hands of big tech companies. Here Big Tech means companies like Apple, Amazon, Google, Microsoft and Meta. During an event organized at the Vatican, he said that governments, religious leaders and common people should also be included in decisions related to AI. He also believed that AI can affect people’s jobs on a large scale in the coming times. His warning regarding AI has become a topic of discussion across the world.
Chris Olah expressed his concerns about AI during the presentation of Pope Leo XIV’s first encyclical at the Vatican. He said that companies like OpenAI and Anthropic may be creating new technologies, but they too are under pressure from business, competition and global politics. According to him, the competition to get ahead in the AI race can sometimes weaken the right decisions. Olah clearly said that control of AI cannot be left to the companies alone. He believes that participation of governments, experts, religious institutions and the public is necessary in AI development so that technology can be used in the interest of humanity.
Chris Olah said in his speech that in the coming times, AI can change human work on a large scale. According to him, this is not just a small problem but can be one of the biggest social changes in history. He warned that if millions of people become unemployed because of AI, then it will be the moral responsibility of the whole world to help those people. Olah also said that right now the world does not have a strong system that can distribute the benefits of AI equally. He said that AI development is limited to some rich countries and there is no concrete way to extend its benefits to poor countries.
In this event held at the Vatican, Pope Leo XIV also expressed serious concern about AI. In his first major teaching document “Magnifica Humanitas”, he said that the world is adopting AI systems very rapidly, but not enough thought is being given to the human impact. The Pope appealed to governments to keep strict human supervision over AI systems. Chris Olah said that today’s advanced AI models have become so complex that even researchers are not able to fully understand their behavior. Many times the behavior of AI has started resembling human thinking, due to which new dangers and questions are arising. He said that the future of AI should not be decided only by corporate profits but with ethical thinking and responsibility.
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