Citation

Artificial Intelligence & Human Rights: Opportunities & Risks

Author:
Raso, Filippo A.; Hilligoss, Hannah; Krishnamurthy, Vivek; Bavitz, Christopher; Kim, Levin
Year:
2018

Artificial intelligence (“AI”) is changing the world before our eyes. The promise of AI to improve our lives is enormous. AI-based systems are already outperforming medical specialists in diagnosing certain diseases, while the use of AI in the financial system is expanding access to credit to borrowers that were once passed by. Yet AI also has downsides that dampen its considerable promise. AI-based systems impact the right to privacy since they depend on the collection and use of vast quantities of data to make predictions which, in numerous cases, have served to perpetuate existing social patterns of bias and discrimination.