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15 Nov 2018

Author:
Lindsey Anderson, Access Now

Human rights in the age of artificial intelligence

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This report is a preliminary scoping of the intersection of artificial intelligence and human rights... The use of international human rights law and its well-developed standards and institutions to examine artificial intelligence systems can... provide a universal vocabulary and forums established to address power differentials... [and] a framework for solutions... Our recommendations fall within four general categories: data protection rules to protect rights in the data sets used to develop and feed artificial intelligence systems; special safeguards for government uses of artificial intelligence; safeguards for private sector uses of artificial intelligence systems; and investment in more research to continue to examine the future of artificial intelligence and its potential interferences with human rights.

...The role of AI in facilitating discrimination is well documented... The growing use of AI in the criminal justice system risks interfering with rights to be free from interferences with personal liberty... AI-enabled censorship can be used to restrict the freedom of association by removing groups, pages, and content that facilitate organization of in-person gatherings and collaboration... AI-powered surveillance software can also be used with the express purpose of discrimination, allowing governments to identify, target, and deny services to people from different groups... The role of AI in creating and spreading disinformation challenges the notion of fair elections and creates a threat to the right to political participation and self determination... The role of AI in the automation of jobs could poses a real threat to the right to work; it may prevent some people from accessing the labor market in the first place.