Principal Investigator and Lead Author
Dr. Octavian M. Machidon
- Faculty of Theology and Faculty of Computer and Information Science, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia
- Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas, Rome, Italy
Moral Red Lines for Artificial Intelligence
About the project
The Moral Red Lines project brings Catholic teaching into conversation with AI research and public policy to ask what kind of technological future we are building. It proposes boundaries where increasingly powerful AI threatens human control, relationships, learning, work, dignity, or responsibility, and identifies constructive directions for technologies that serve human flourishing.
Project purpose
Mobilizing Catholic Moral Authority on AI, Human Agency, and the AGI Race
Moral discernment begins while purposes, design, investment, and deployment can still be chosen. The people whose learning, livelihoods, relationships, and care will change deserve a voice at that stage.
The consultation white paper and expert dialogues bring researchers, Church leaders, educators, workers, and policymakers together to examine the evidence and responsibilities. Catholic teaching provides the foundation; the six applications are the author's proposals for discussion and review.
Prepared within the Future of Life Institute call on religious projects addressing the challenges posed by the AGI race.
Team
Project team
Faculty of Theology, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia
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Prof. Dr. Roman Globokar
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Prof. Dr. Anton Jamnik
Auxiliary Bishop of Ljubljana
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Prof. Dr. Branko Klun
Document status
A consultation white paper
- Document type
- White Paper
- Current version status
- Consultation draft
- Date
- 7 October 2026
- Evidence reviewed through
- 7 October 2026
- Length
- 31 PDF pages
This consultation draft is Octavian M. Machidon's independent contribution to theological, ethical, scientific, and public-policy discernment. Official Catholic teaching is cited from the relevant Church documents. The six proposed boundaries are the author's applications developed for consultation. They carry no institutional endorsement from the Catholic Church, the University of Ljubljana, or the Future of Life Institute.