(Format: 35 min talk + 25 min Q&A) Developing Catholic AI: How to Balance Values in Design Tomislav Karacic, LSE Join Teams<https://teams.microsoft.com/meet/35351128259097?p=sQrXkSJdRb03yKRvQ9> The rapid proliferation of artificial intelligence systems raises urgent questions about the values embedded in their design. This talk explores what it means to develop AI informed by Catholic social teaching, examining the practical tensions that arise when principles such as human dignity, subsidiarity, and the common good encounter the technical realities of system design. Drawing on both theological reflection and empirical research into AI development practices, the talk considers how Catholic intellectual tradition can move beyond critique to offer constructive guidance for building AI systems that serve human flourishing. Rather than proposing a single blueprint, it argues for an approach that holds design trade-offs in productive tension, attending to the material choices developers make while remaining anchored in a coherent moral vision. Tomislav is an Assistant Professor of Information Systems at the Department of Management, a Data Science Institute Affiliate, and an associate of the Religion and Global Society Unit. For his PhD research conducted at the KIN Center for Digital Innovation (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam), he used ethnographic methods to study development and use of artificial intelligence in biotechnology and agriculture. His current research explores how artificial intelligence is developed, interpreted, and governed in religious contexts. He holds a master’s degree in Logic from the Institute for Logic, Language, and Computation (University of Amsterdam), and bachelor’s degrees in Communication Sciences and Philosophy (University of Zagreb). Subscribe to future talk announcements: Anyone outside Bell Labs can receive talk announcements by subscribing to the mailing list. To subscribe, send an empty email with the subject line "Subscribe RAI” to daniele.quercia@polito.it