Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Human Rights.pptx
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The document explores the relationship between artificial intelligence (AI) and human rights, highlighting opportunities and challenges in areas such as privacy, freedom of expression, non-discrimination, due process, labor rights, and health. It emphasizes the need for transparency, accountability, and fairness in AI systems to protect these rights and ensure equitable outcomes. A rights-based approach to AI governance is advocated to address the ethical and societal implications of AI technologies.
Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Human Rights.pptx
- 1. Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Human Rights Dr. A. Prabaharan Professor & Research Director, Public Action www.indopraba.blogspot.com
- 2. AI & Human Rights AI and human rights intersect in various ways, presenting both opportunities and challenges for promoting and protecting human rights in the digital age. Here are some key aspects of the relationship between AI and human rights www.indopraba.blogspot.com
- 3. Right to Privacy AI technologies raise concerns about data privacy and surveillance, as they often rely on vast amounts of personal data to train algorithms and make predictions. Protecting the right to privacy requires safeguards to prevent unauthorized access, use, and misuse of personal data in AI applications, as well as mechanisms for ensuring transparency, consent, and user control over data collection and processing. www.indopraba.blogspot.com
- 4. Freedom of Expression and Information AI-powered content moderation algorithms have implications for freedom of expression and information online. Ensuring that content moderation practices respect users' rights to freedom of expression requires transparency, accountability, and due process in algorithmic decision-making, as well as mechanisms for addressing errors, bias, and censorship in content moderation algorithms. www.indopraba.blogspot.com
- 5. Right to Non-Discrimination AI systems can perpetuate or exacerbate existing biases and discrimination, leading to unfair or discriminatory outcomes in areas such as hiring, lending, criminal justice, and healthcare. Protecting the right to non-discrimination requires addressing bias and ensuring fairness in AI algorithms and decision-making processes, as well as implementing mechanisms for accountability, oversight, and redress in cases of discrimination or bias-related harms. www.indopraba.blogspot.com
- 6. Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination AI technologies have implications for the right to equality and non-discrimination, as they can amplify or mitigate disparities and inequalities in access to opportunities, resources, and services. Promoting equality and non-discrimination in AI requires proactive measures to address systemic biases, ensure fairness and equity in AI systems' outcomes, and promote inclusive and accessible AI technologies for all individuals and communities. www.indopraba.blogspot.com
- 7. Right to Due Process and Fair Trial AI technologies are increasingly being used in legal and judicial contexts, raising concerns about the right to due process and fair trial. Ensuring that AI-driven decision-making in legal proceedings respects individuals' rights to due process requires transparency, accountability, and procedural fairness in algorithmic decision-making, as well as mechanisms for ensuring human oversight, legal review, and accountability in AI-assisted legal processes. . www.indopraba.blogspot.com
- 8. Right to Work and Labor Rights AI technologies have implications for employment and labor rights, as they automate tasks, reshape job markets, and impact workers' livelihoods. Protecting the right to work and labor rights in the age of AI requires measures to mitigate job displacement, promote job creation, and ensure workers' rights to fair wages, working conditions, and social protections in AI-driven economies. www.indopraba.blogspot.com
- 9. Right to Health and Well-being AI technologies have the potential to improve healthcare delivery, diagnosis, and treatment outcomes, but they also raise concerns about data privacy, medical ethics, and equitable access to healthcare services. Protecting the right to health and well-being in AI applications requires safeguards to protect patients' privacy, confidentiality, and autonomy, as well as mechanisms for ensuring transparency, accountability, and equity in AI-driven healthcare systems. www.indopraba.blogspot.com
- 10. End Note Overall, promoting and protecting human rights in the age of AI requires a rights-based approach to AI governance, incorporating principles of transparency, accountability, fairness, and equity into AI development, deployment, and regulation. By addressing the ethical, legal, and societal implications of AI technologies, policymakers, technologists, and stakeholders can ensure that AI advances human rights and contributes to positive societal outcomes.