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The Impact of Artificial Intelligence on Human Rights

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This chapter synthesises the content from previous chapters to assess the impact of AI on human rights. It begins with a brief overview of the AI–human rights relationship, followed by an in-depth exploration of two conflicting perspectives. The first perspective addresses human rights infringements by AI systems, while the second, less-studied perspective investigates the violation of “machine rights”. The chapter concludes by outlining potential solutions for the issues discussed.

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    The list of articles can be found at http://hrlibrary.umn.edu/edumat/hreduseries/hereandnow/Part-5/8_udhr-abbr.htm.

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    See also The Toronto Declaration (Bacciarelli et al., 2018) and Raso et al. (2018).

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    For example: Machine bias in law, in banking and finance systems, in predictive policing and racial profiling, in loan applications, in recruitment and hiring, and in facial recognition systems in policing and governance and more.

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Gordon, JS. (2023). The Impact of Artificial Intelligence on Human Rights. In: The Impact of Artificial Intelligence on Human Rights Legislation. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-31388-2_4

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