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The Impact of Artificial Intelligence on Human Rights Legislation

A Plea for an AI Convention

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Authors:
  1. John-Stewart Gordon

    1. Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Kaunas, Lithuania

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  • Offers a proposal to start thinking abut an AI Convention

  • Depicts the impact of AI on human rights

  • Written for scholars interested in AI, law, philosophy, political science, and human rights

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Table of contents (7 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiii
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  2. General Introduction

    • John-Stewart Gordon
    Pages 1-14

  3. What Is Artificial Intelligence?

    • John-Stewart Gordon
    Pages 15-28

  4. What Are Human Rights?

    • John-Stewart Gordon
    Pages 29-44

  5. The Impact of Artificial Intelligence on Human Rights

    • John-Stewart Gordon
    Pages 45-64

  6. Moving Towards a “Universal Convention for the Rights of AI Systems”

    • John-Stewart Gordon
    Pages 65-74

  7. Objections

    • John-Stewart Gordon
    Pages 75-82

  8. General Conclusions

    • John-Stewart Gordon
    Pages 83-86

  9. Back Matter

    Pages 87-88
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About this book

The unmatched technological achievements in artificial intelligence (AI), robotics, computer science, and related fields over the last few decades can be considered a success story. The technological sophistication has been so groundbreaking in various types of applications that many experts believe that we will see, at some point or another, the emergence of general AI (AGI) and, eventually, superintelligence. This book examines the impact of AI on human rights by focusing on potential risks and human rights legislation and proposes creating a Universal Convention for the Rights of AI Systems (AI Convention).

Reviews

“In this easy read on artificial intelligence (AI), human rights, and robot rights, the author states different arguments from many different points of view. He refers to this futuristic topic in a very objective way. … I enjoyed reading this book. It will be a good reference for lawmakers, human rights legislators, and anyone who has an interest in the area.” (Gulustan Dogan, Computing Reviews, December 13, 2023)

Authors and Affiliations

  • Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Kaunas, Lithuania

    John-Stewart Gordon

About the author

John-Stewart Gordon, PhD in Philosophy, serves as an adjunct full professor at LSMU and has held various academic roles. He's an associate editor at AI & Society, serves on multiple editorial boards, and is the general editor of Brill's Philosophy and Human Rights series. With over 90 publications, John is a prolific contributor to practical philosophy.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The Impact of Artificial Intelligence on Human Rights Legislation

  • Book Subtitle: A Plea for an AI Convention

  • Authors: John-Stewart Gordon

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-31388-2

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham

  • eBook Packages: Religion and Philosophy, Philosophy and Religion (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2023

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-031-31387-5Published: 31 May 2023

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-031-31390-5Due: 14 June 2024

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-031-31388-2Published: 30 May 2023

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIII, 88

  • Topics: Philosophy of Technology, Ethics, Artificial Intelligence, Political Science, Law, general

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