As the current global geopolitical space becomes less friendly to Human Rights (1), are there
potential offsetting trends supporting them? Yes, but . . .
Are Human Rights, both traditional and digital, at risk of becoming an empty promise?
Popular media have recently reported a White House initiative asserting companies’ “moral
obligation” to limit the risks of AI products. True enough, but the issues are far broader.
At the core of the debate around AI – will it save us or destroy us? – are questions of values.
When it comes to Artificial Intelligence (AI), there is a widespread fear that AI machines will “take over” and dominate humanity. Today, we should be concerned when governments and digital corporations use AI to replace trust as the fundamental value and principle in the digital domain.
It does not matter how right and righteous the cause might be; to be implemented, it must be profitable or carry stakeholder benefits. How do we make digital dignity pay? Beer has the answer!
Everybody seems to be discussing AI. The single question I have is: Where am I in all this?
The digital domain is not limited to the technologies itself, but it has an important ethical dimension that encompasses the values, principles and instruments that inform and govern it. The primer scopes the relationship between human rights and the digital domain.
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