内容摘要：“It’s a warning to parents that social media and generative AI devices are not always harmless,” she said.

“It’s a warning to parents that social media and generative AI devices are not always harmless,” she said.

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — The spiritual leader of the world’s Orthodox Christians has said that religious faith should serve as humanity’s safeguard amid rapidlyand what he described as the “impending robotocracy.”

Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, 85, said thatpreserves “valuable human-centric wisdom” essential for navigating a world of accelerating technological change and automation.His comments during an event at Athens University reflect growing concerns across major branches of Christianity — and ongoing dialogue between them — about artificial intelligence’s potential impact on human dignity and social structures, as well as the dangers posed by

“In a world of rapid change, an upheaval of values, and dizzying technological advances — fromto the impending robotocracy — our Church proclaims that ‘there is nothing more sacred than the human being, with whom God Himself shared His nature,’” Bartholomew said.

The patriarch, who is based in Istanbul, Turkey, made the remarks late Wednesday in a speech published on Thursday.

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