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Artificial Intelligence and international human rights law: implications for humans and technology in the 21st century and beyond

In: Handbook on the Politics and Governance of Big Data and Artificial Intelligence

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  • Joshua C. Gellers
  • David J. Gunkel

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How might international human rights law address the challenges posed by artificial intelligence (AI) and the prospect of extending rights to technological entities? This essay offers a refreshed look at these two sides of the rights coin. First, we review the philosophical foundations of rights. Second, we present methodological and critical insights regarding extant literature before using a two-step framework to systematically highlight less obvious ways in which emerging technologies like AI intersect with IHRL. Third, we explore the opportunities and challenges of extending rights to technological beings. We conclude with a call to enlarge the ontological scope of rights on theoretical and practical levels, and offer recommendations designed to assist in the governance of AI with an eye toward protecting the rights of human and nonhuman entities alike.

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  • Joshua C. Gellers & David J. Gunkel, 2023. "Artificial Intelligence and international human rights law: implications for humans and technology in the 21st century and beyond," Chapters, in: Andrej Zwitter & Oskar J. Gstrein (ed.), Handbook on the Politics and Governance of Big Data and Artificial Intelligence, chapter 14, pages 430-455, Edward Elgar Publishing.
    • Handle: RePEc:elg:eechap:20760_14
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