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Statement on the Unregulated Development of Artificial Intelligence

Religious, Theological, Philosophical, and Cultural SourcesFaith/culturaldocument

Assessment outcome

total 4/4 (actionability 2 + authority 2); currency unscored, so pro-rated to 6.0/6

Total4/6
Actionability2/2
Authority2/2
Currency—

Authorship & scope

Attribution (G4 evidence)

The issuing body is explicitly named as the World Council of Churches central committee.

Issuer authority (evidence)

Level 2: Official document issued by the World Council of Churches central committee.

Issuers, who it governs, legal force and content are on the full record.

Eligibility gates

G1 · Retrievablepass

HTTP 200, 1643 words of full text extracted

G2 · AI nexuspass

The source is entirely about artificial intelligence, its risks, and development.

G3 · Governance nexuspass

The text directly calls for binding regulatory regimes and legal liability frameworks for AI.

G4 · Attributablepass

The issuing body is explicitly named as the World Council of Churches central committee.

G5 · In forcepass

There is no indication on the page that this statement has been superseded or withdrawn.

Scored criteria

Actionability

2/2

Level 2: Names specific obligations for governments to establish strong and binding regulatory regimes based on the precautionary principle.

Appeals to all governments urgently to establish strong and binding regulatory regimes based on the precautionary principle for the further development and deployment of more advanced AI systems

Authority

2/2

Level 2: Official document issued by the World Council of Churches central committee.

Statement on the Unregulated Development of Artificial Intelligence by the WCC central committee, Geneva, Switzerland, 21-27 June 2023.

Currency

—

computed: no publish/modified date found on the page (never guessed)

Classification

Coverage topicunregulated AI development and governance
PerspectiveFaith/cultural
Lifecycle stageN/A cross-cutting
Layerboth
Granularitydocument