La veille de la cybersécurité

PAOLO BENANTI wakes early in the monastery in Rome where he lives to begin each day in prayer. But outside of the monastery, Benanti's life is less typical. He trained as an engineer and ethicist, and he now spends his time at the nearby Pontifical Gregorian University, where he teaches the ethics of artificial intelligence. He also frequently walks over to visit Pope Francis himself, to whom he has become a trusted adviser on AI. This has become an important topic for the pontiff because he fears it could adversely affect the most vulnerable members of society, and increase the world's already stark inequality.