Eleven World Religions, six-teen new signatories, thirteen nations in attendance, more than 150 participants: these are some of the numbers of AI Ethics for Peace, the historic multi religious event held in Hiroshima, Japan, on July 9th and 10th. The event was greeted by Pope Francis with a dedicated tweet and a message, which read, “Recognizing the contribution of the cultural riches of peoples and religions in the regulation of artificial intelligence is key to the success of your commitment to the wise management of technological innovation.”
July 10th, religious leaders representing various faiths of the Eastern world (such as Buddhism, Hinduism, Zoroastrianism, Bahá’í and many other), accompanied by leaders of the Abrahamic religions (Christians, Jews and Mu-slims), signed the Rome Call for AI Ethics in the evocative venue of Hiroshima’s Peace Memorial Park. The new signatories, in the presence of top representatives of the Japanese Government and of big tech Microsoft, IBM and Cisco, signed the Call which urges the application, in the field of AI, of algorethics, i.e., ethics by design.