Venezuela ratified at UNESCO its commitment to artificial intelligence strictly serving human dignity and well-being during an international meeting held Sept. 8–11 at the organization’s Paris headquarters, Ambassador Ernesto Villegas said, as part of Digital Learning Week under the theme “Education in the age of AI: facts, frictions, frontiers.”
In a social media message, Villegas stressed the forum’s relevance for rigorously addressing the complex challenges, ethical dilemmas and opportunities created by rapid technological advances and digital transformation in contemporary education. He highlighted a clear conceptual convergence between UNESCO, Pope Leo XIV and the Venezuelan State on the urgent need to promote a humanist approach amid the global rise of new technologies.
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That convergence preceded the pontiff’s historic official visit to UNESCO’s Paris headquarters on Sept. 25. Villegas said Pope Leo XIV plans to speak there about the encyclical Humanitas, a document focused on the impacts and ethical limits of artificial intelligence. In the ambassador’s view, the Vatican and UNESCO fully agree that technical progress must be subordinated to people’s integral development, with necessary global counterweights and regulations.
Venezuela dijo presente en la Semana del Aprendizale Digital, organizada por la UNESCO en París, donde expertos intercambiaron experiencias, oportunidades y desafíos en torno a los usos de las herramientas de Inteligencia Artificial en la educación. La actividad sirvió de… pic.twitter.com/2Lgd2ijtDY
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Venezuela’s Ministry for Science and Technology said the state actively promotes international multilateral governance mechanisms to guarantee ethical, sovereign, regulated and transparent AI development. It also affirmed that digital tools must act strictly as a complement to human intellect and work, never as a substitute.
Villegas added that Venezuela’s participation reaffirms its determination to contribute to the international debate on the future of education, based on sovereignty, social inclusion and digital ethics, and to build collaborative frameworks with allied nations.
Digital Learning Week, created in 2023 as an evolution of Mobile Learning Week, has become UNESCO’s flagship education event, annually bringing together global leaders, public policy makers, researchers, NGOs and private sector representatives to chart technology’s roadmap in favor of knowledge.
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