Artificial intelligence through the prism of fundamental human rights

Abstract

The article analyzes the development of artificial intelligence and its impact on human rights. The ways of introducing artificial intelligence technologies into various spheres of human life are determined. It is considered how different artificial intelligence systems are used today in the world and how they can help and harm society. The analysis of the impact of artificial intelligence on human rights is based on documents widely used in Europe and containing a wide range of human rights, the General Declaration of Human Rights of 1948, the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, economic, social and cultural rights of 1966 and the Charter of Fundamental EU rights. The misuse of artificial intelligence algorithms creates many problems, such as violation of the right to life, the right to privacy, restriction of freedom of speech and opinion, violation of the right to a fair trial and the presumption of innocence, the right to equal opportunity and non-discrimination, the right to work, etc. Since artificial intelligence technologies use certain data sets, the violation of the rights of certain groups of the population is most often observed. These may include women and children, as well as certain ethnic, racial or religious groups. The article concludes that the introduction of artificial intelligence technologies in various areas of life can qualitatively change them and increase the effectiveness of any human work. However, the rapid development of technology can have a negative impact on human rights. Risks to fundamental human rights stem from the inability to foresee the consequences of such new technology. Governments of the world and companies using artificial intelligence technologies should be aware of the imperfection of the data on which the technology is trained, and take care to prevent discrimination and violations of human rights, be ready to provide timely and effective remedies in cases where decisions made by machines, turn out to be wrong.