The emergence and rapid evolution of artificial intelligence technologies presents both threats and opportunities to global human rights. The Human Rights Center has worked to monitor and advise on these issues since the emergence of these technologies. We regularly consult with companies on the human rights implications of their AI-based technologies. At UC Berkeley, we played a leading role in the Presidential Working Group on Artificial Intelligence, including co-chairing the Human Resources Subcommittee. We created and continue to chair the International Criminal Court’s Technology Advisory Board, to help the Court grapple with the role of new and emerging technologies in seeking accountability for international crimes.
Partners
Memorandum on Artificial Intelligence and Child Rights
As a partner in the Generation AI initiative, HRC spent the fall 2018 and spring 2019 semesters researching how artificial intelligence technologies are being used in ways that impact children at home, at school, and at play. After reviewing and identifying the disparate child rights that might be disproportionately impacted, both positively and negatively, by its use, the team drafted a memo exploring the potential impacts AI is having and may have on children. HRC provided a series of case studies to illustrate the various ways that artificial intelligence-based technologies are beginning to positively and negatively impact children’s rights, and spotlit critical questions that researchers, corporations, governments, educators and parents should be asking today in order to better promote children’s rights and protect children from negative consequences tomorrow.
Conferences on Business, Technology, and Human Rights
In collaboration with Microsoft, we co-hosted four conferences with the Center for Responsible Business at Berkeley’s Haas School of Business that explored the social and economic impact of Artificial Intelligence.
The Future of Work(ers): Using Technology to Empower Workers in the Age of AI and Automation (2020)
This virtual conference explored the role that companies and technology innovation can play in empowering workers in the digital age. We heard from leaders and experts about the risks and unintended consequences of AI and automation on workers, and the positive role that technology can play in empowering workers around the world.
Artificial Intelligence for Social Impact (2019)
The conference focused on the role and responsibility of business to scale artificial intelligence responsibly, and for social impact. We discussed large-scale global challenges such as poverty, education, and disease; and local issues disproportionately impacting vulnerable groups.
The Future of Work (2018)
The ‘Future of Work’ is an emerging area in the field of business and human rights that is relevant to virtually all industries, and highlights the role of technology as both a source of risk and opportunity as the labor market evolves. Human rights and technology experts from business, academia, civil society, and government explored questions surrounding automation, disrupted labor markets, and public/private sector interventions.
Big Data and AI: The Human Rights Dimension for Business (2017)
Through panel discussions and breakout sessions, corporate practitioners and human rights and AI experts from academia, civil society, and government explored questions, such as: What are the human rights implications of big data, algorithmic decision-making, and AI? How can big data and AI help create practical solutions to human rights challenges? How should companies develop and use big data and AI responsibly?
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The Future of Work(ers): Using Technology to Empower Workers in the Age of AI and Automation (2020)
This virtual conference explored the role that companies and technology innovation can play in empowering workers in the digital age. We heard from leaders and experts about the risks and unintended consequences of AI and automation on workers, and the positive role that technology can play in empowering workers around the world.
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Artificial Intelligence for Social Impact (2019)
The conference focused on the role and responsibility of business to scale artificial intelligence responsibly, and for social impact. We discussed large-scale global challenges such as poverty, education, and disease; and local issues disproportionately impacting vulnerable groups.
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The Future of Work (2018)
The ‘Future of Work’ is an emerging area in the field of business and human rights that is relevant to virtually all industries, and highlights the role of technology as both a source of risk and opportunity as the labor market evolves. Human rights and technology experts from business, academia, civil society, and government explored questions surrounding automation, disrupted labor markets, and public/private sector interventions.
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Big Data and AI: The Human Rights Dimension for Business (2017)
Through panel discussions and breakout sessions, corporate practitioners and human rights and AI experts from academia, civil society, and government explored questions, such as: What are the human rights implications of big data, algorithmic decision-making, and AI? How can big data and AI help create practical solutions to human rights challenges? How should companies develop and use big data and AI responsibly?
Publications
October 13, 2021
Responsible Artificial Intelligence: Recommendations to Guide the University of California’s Artificial Intelligence Strategy
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October 20, 2020
The Future of Work(ers): Using Technology to Empower Workers in the Age of AI and Automation
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April 30, 2019
Memorandum on Artificial Intelligence and Child Rights
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March 7, 2019
AI for Social Impact 2019 Conference on Business, Technology, and Human Rights
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March 21, 2018
The Future of Work: 2018 Conference on Business, Technology, and Human Rights Executive Summary
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September 30, 2021
HRC in the News — Youtube: “AI and Human Rights” panel discussion (video), moderated by Alexa Koenig.
April 29, 2019
AI for Social Impact: Designing for More Inclusive Artificial Intelligence
HRC in the News — Berkeley Haas’ Center for Responsible Business Blog: AI for Social Impact: Designing for More Inclusive Artificial Intelligence, reflecting on the 2019 ‘Artificial Intelligence