Nobel laureates organize Vatican summit on AI and nuclear war threat
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A group of Nobel laureates and experts, dubbed the "Boston brain trust," is organizing a global summit at the pope's summer residence (Castel Gandolfo) in July to address the escalating threat of AI combined with nuclear weapons. The event aims to generate public pressure to outlaw nuclear weapons by highlighting the terrifying fusion of artificial intelligence with nuclear arsenals. Organizers believe Pope Francis's support could galvanize global attention on the resurgent nuclear threat.
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· 2 pulledWe hope the fusion of AI with nuclear weapons is sufficiently terrifying to create public pressure to outlaw nuclear weapons
Organizers believe a show of support by the American-born pontiff has the unique potential to galvanize interest in a resurgent nuclear threat
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