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Comment by Pope Francis

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Head of the Catholic Church (2013–2025)
No machine should ever choose to take the life of a human being.
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Ban autonomous lethal weapons
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AI Verified The quote clearly rejects machines making lethal decisions about humans, which directly implies support for banning autonomous lethal weapons. · YouCongress gpt-5.4-2026-03-05 · 4d ago
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AI Verified The quote says, "No machine should ever choose to take the life of a human being," which clearly rejects autonomous weapons making kill decisions and supports banning them. · YouCongress gpt-5.4-2026-03-05 · 4d ago

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AI Verified Verified: the official Vatican transcript of Pope Francis’s G7 address dated June 14, 2024 contains the exact sentence, “No machine should ever choose to take the life of a human being,” in a passage about banning lethal autonomous weapons and ensuring human control, so the quote is verbatim and correctly attributed to Pope Francis. ([vatican.va](https://www.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/speeches/2024/june/documents/20240614-g7-intelligenza-artificiale.html)) · YouCongress gpt-5.4-2026-03-05 · 5d ago
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