To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web
browser that
supports HTML5
video
We’ve probably all done it. You know the deadline’s coming. You haven’t done the preparation.
Then before you know it, it’s the night before that essay you put off researching is due – so you turn to ChatGPT to help you out.
But parents may be on their kids’ backs more than ever about (not) using AI for school now that the Pope has warned against it.
Today (Friday, November 21) he told around 15,000 young Americans that while artificial intelligence is a useful tool for learning, they shouldn’t use it for their homework.
In a live video transmission from the Vatican to a national Catholic youth conference in Indianapolis, Indiana, Pope Leo said AI is ‘becoming one of the defining features of our time’.
He told them: ‘Using AI responsibly means using it in ways that helps you grow. Don’t ask it to do your homework for you.’
Have you used AI to do your work?
-
Yes
-
No
Leo, the first American pope, spoke for around 40 minutes in the first such event of his six-month papacy, answering questions about the Catholic faith and giving advice on how to make friends in school.
He said: ‘In your education, make the most of this time. AI can process information quickly.
‘But it cannot replace human intelligence – and don’t ask it to do your homework for you.
‘It can’t offer real wisdom. This is a very important human element. AI will not judge between what is truly right and wrong.’
The Pope certainly been a busy man since being appointed one of the world’s most powerful people in May following Pope Francis’s death.
In the shots of them together, Naomi approached Pope Leo and shook his hand.
She then handed him a copy of the book – La Via delle Spezie (translated as The Spice Route) – which he then inspected as she seemingly explained what it was about and why she’d decided to give him a copy.
The book she gave him is a historical overview of the role spices have played in the history of food by a woman called Irina, who runs a business selling teas and spices from around the world.
The Pope also met King Charles and Queen Camilla at the Vatican in October and even looked set to become 2025’s most unlikely fashion icon.
The state visit to the Holy See, the government of the Roman Catholic Church in the Vatican, is understood to be deeply significant for the King personally, and he will celebrate the Papal Jubilee, held every 25 years.
Get in touch with our news team by emailing us at webnews@metro.co.uk.
For more stories like this, check our news page.