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Cardinal Chomali Meets Unions on AI's Employment Challenges
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Cardinal Chomali Meets Unions on AI's Employment Challenges

From Cooperativa · () Spanish

Translated from Spanish, summarized and contextualized by DistantNews.

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  • Cardinal Fernando Chomali met with union leaders to discuss the potential impact of artificial intelligence on employment.
  • He warned that AI could lead to job precarity and unemployment.
  • The discussion was framed by Pope Leo XIV's encyclical "Magnificas Humanitas," which calls for ethical reflection on AI's societal effects.

Archbishop of Santiago, Cardinal Fernando Chomali, has voiced concerns about the potential for artificial intelligence to exacerbate job precarity and unemployment. He shared these warnings during a meeting with union leaders, business representatives, and various social actors in Santiago.

The gathering focused on Pope Leo XIV's encyclical "Magnificas Humanitas," a document that urges an ethical examination of artificial intelligence's growing influence on society. Cardinal Chomali highlighted the encyclical's call to carefully consider the consequences of this technological transformation.

we must seriously consider public policies with the impact of artificial intelligence in mind, which will have two very serious effects: firstly, the precarization of work, which is extremely serious, and secondly, unemployment.

— Fernando ChomaliCardinal Chomali explained the potential negative impacts of AI on the workforce.

"We must seriously consider public policies with the impact of artificial intelligence in mind, which will have two very serious effects: firstly, the precarization of work, which is extremely serious, and secondly, unemployment," Chomali stated. He emphasized the need for collective organization to mitigate these potential negative outcomes and protect families.

we have to see how we all organize ourselves so that does not happen and does not affect the family, especially

— Fernando ChomaliCardinal Chomali stressed the need for organized action to address AI's impact.
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Originally published by Cooperativa in Spanish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized by our editorial team with added local perspective. Read our editorial standards.

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