{"id":113235,"date":"2026-07-21T12:28:10","date_gmt":"2026-07-21T12:28:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/113235\/"},"modified":"2026-07-21T12:28:10","modified_gmt":"2026-07-21T12:28:10","slug":"artificial-intelligence-nobel-laureates-call-for-global-safeguards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/113235\/","title":{"rendered":"Artificial Intelligence: Nobel Laureates Call for Global Safeguards"},"content":{"rendered":"

Artificial Intelligence<\/a>, Asia-Pacific<\/a>, Conferences<\/a>, Editors’ Choice<\/a>, Europe<\/a>, Featured<\/a>, Global<\/a>, Headlines<\/a>, Human Rights<\/a>, Humanitarian Emergencies<\/a>, Nuclear Disarmament<\/a>, Peace<\/a>, Sustainable Development Goals<\/a>, TerraViva United Nations<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n

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Global Nobel Laureates at the Assembly on Artificial Intelligence and Nuclear War held last week in Rome. Credit: Katsuhiro Asagiri\/INPS Japan.<\/p>\n

BORGO LAUDATO SI\u2019, Italy, Jul 21 2026 (IPS) – \u201cI\u2019m sorry, Dave. I\u2019m afraid I can\u2019t do that.\u201d By bringing the supercomputer HAL 9000 to life in his 1968 film 2001: A Space Odyssey, American director Stanley Kubrick created one of the most powerful symbols of the fear of artificial intelligence (AI) escaping human control.<\/p>\n

Fifty-eight years later, that question is more relevant than ever. It was precisely this issue that brought together more than 200 international figures for three days of discussions in the exceptional setting of Borgo Laudato Si\u2019, located within the papal summer residence at Castel Gandolfo, where Pope Leo XIV is currently staying.<\/p>\n

Organised by the Global Nobel Laureates Assembly on Artificial Intelligence and Nuclear War, the conference set out to reflect on \u201cthe future of international security, the governance of emerging technologies, disarmament and the building of an economy of peace\u201d.<\/p>\n

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Yoshiyuki Nagaoka, Executive Director of the Office of External Relations at Soka Gakkai and Executive Director of the Ikeda Center for Peace, Learning, and Dialogue. Credit: Ariel F. Dumont\/IPS<\/p>\n

The programme brought together a number of leading international figures, including former Italian Prime Minister and former President of the European Commission<\/a> Romano Prodi; Nobel Peace Prize laureate<\/a> and Chief Advisor to Bangladesh Muhammad Yunus; Yoshiyuki Nagaoka, President of the Ikeda Center for Peace, Learning, and Dialogue<\/a> and Executive Director of the Office of External Relations at Soka Gakkai<\/a>; Filipino journalist and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Maria Ressa<\/a>; Amnesty International<\/a> Secretary General Agn\u00e8s Callamard; and several scientists and nuclear experts.<\/p>\n

The assembly was officially opened by Monsignor Fabio Baggio, under-secretary of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development<\/a>.<\/p>\n

In his welcoming address, he immediately established the central thread of the discussions by stressing that \u201cpeace is not simply the absence of war but an order founded on justice, mutual trust, respect for the rule of law and the inviolable dignity of every human being.\u201d<\/p>\n

The central idea was clear: regulating artificial intelligence has become imperative if peace \u2013 and ultimately humanity\u2019s very survival \u2013 is to be preserved. AI is now integrated into military systems, dramatically increasing the risks of proliferation, cyber warfare and high-intensity conflicts, with the potential to undermine global stability and respect for ethical principles.<\/p>\n

Although the speakers sometimes differed in their analyses, reflecting their diverse backgrounds, they all converged on one essential conclusion. Artificial intelligence should not be feared, but that certainly does not mean it should be given free rein until it becomes another HAL 9000. On the contrary, most participants stressed the urgent need to establish safeguards before potential abuses become impossible to control.<\/p>\n

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Karen Hallberg, Argentine physicist and president of the Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs. Credit: Ariel F. Dumont\/IPS<\/p>\n

This concern was voiced in particular by Karen Hallberg, the Argentine physicist specialising in condensed matter and president of the Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs<\/a>. AI, she argued, is a \u201cdual-use\u201d technology, much like nuclear energy itself. While nuclear fission has led to extraordinary advances in energy production and medicine, it has also made atomic weapons possible.<\/p>\n

\u201cArtificial intelligence has the same ambivalence. It can certainly contribute to scientific research, medicine and even the monitoring of international commitments. However, its integration into nuclear weapons systems could usher in a period of dangerous uncertainty,\u201d she warned.<\/p>\n

Hallberg also stressed that one of the greatest risks would be to allow algorithms to intervene in processes related to the command and control of nuclear weapons \u2013 for instance, analysing satellite imagery, interpreting military situations or contributing to decisions whose consequences could prove irreversible for the future of humanity.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am not afraid; I am concerned. And it is precisely this concern that should give us the determination to act before it is too late,\u201d she said, calling on governments to apply the precautionary principle before technology outpaces political regulation and leads to an irreversible drift.<\/p>\n

A concern that Nagaoka shares, albeit from a different perspective, is that artificial intelligence is not inherently dangerous. Everything, he argued, depends on how humanity chooses to use it.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe question ultimately comes back to humanity itself, which has the choice of becoming either more selfish or more compassionate.\u201d<\/p>\n

Nagaoka placed particular emphasis on the responsibility of younger generations, who are growing up in an environment where digital tools occupy an ever greater place and where the risk of isolation continues to increase. Humanity\u2019s greatest challenge, therefore, is not to reject AI but to learn how to use it without abandoning the uniquely human capacity for judgement.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe must preserve our conscience and our wisdom when making decisions,\u201d he said, reminding participants that education and critical thinking will remain the best safeguards against a technology capable of influencing both individual and collective choices.<\/p>\n

\u201cI recently heard on television the story of an 86-year-old Japanese woman faced with the painful decision of ending life support for her seriously ill husband. She chose to seek advice from ChatGPT rather than from her family.\u201d<\/p>\n

For Nagaoka, the issue is not to condemn such a choice but rather to reflect on these new forms of dialogue emerging in societies where machines may increasingly become trusted interlocutors at the most important moments of human existence.<\/p>\n

This reflection on human responsibility echoed the concerns raised by Maria Ressa, winner of the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize for her defence of freedom of expression and her fight against disinformation.<\/p>\n

Peace is not simply the absence of war but an order founded on justice, mutual trust, respect for the rule of law and the inviolable dignity of every human being.<\/p>\n

Throughout the discussions, she repeatedly highlighted the risks AI poses to the future of democracy, including the accelerating spread of false information, the large-scale manipulation of public opinion and the concentration of power in the hands of a limited number of technology companies.<\/p>\n

\u201cAI is not simply an issue of innovation. It concerns the very functioning of democratic societies,\u201d Ressa insisted.<\/p>\n

But it was undoubtedly Yunus who delivered the conference\u2019s most far-reaching criticism by shifting the debate onto economic ground. The Bangladeshi economist, founder of the Grameen Bank and recipient of the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize offered a profoundly humanist critique that challenged the very foundations of AI\u2019s use within contemporary capitalism.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe main problem is not simply the possible disappearance of certain jobs, but the growing concentration of wealth,\u201d Yunus said.<\/p>\n

Artificial intelligence, he warned, risks reinforcing a model in which a handful of companies control technologies, data and income, while an ever larger share of the population is excluded from economic participation.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt could deprive people of their livelihoods, their dignity and their ability to remain independent,\u201d he argued.<\/p>\n

The future, he said, cannot be an economy in which artificial intelligence replaces human beings. Instead, it must be based on participation, entrepreneurship and the sharing of opportunities.<\/p>\n

His message to political leaders around the world was unequivocal: AI must not become an instrument for concentrating power but rather a tool placed at the service of everyone.<\/p>\n

And now what? At the end of these discussions, one certainty emerges: there can be no turning back. Artificial intelligence is now part of our world. Humanity should not fear it, nor should it regard it as tomorrow\u2019s greatest enemy. But several fundamental questions remain unanswered: Who will control this technology, according to what rules, and in the service of what kind of society?<\/p>\n

More than half a century after HAL 9000, the real threat may not be that a machine could become human. It may be that human beings gradually renounce what defines them most: their capacity to decide, to judge and to assume responsibility for their own choices.<\/p>\n

IPS UN Bureau Report<\/p>\n

Note: This article is brought to you by IPS Noram in collaboration with INPS Japan and Soka Gakkai International in consultative status with ECOSOC.<\/p>\n

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