Human Rights, Robot Wrongs

Overview

A highly topical manifesto about what it means to be human in the age of AI by a leading barrister.

No longer an uncertain technology of the distant future, artificial intelligence is starting to shape every aspect of our daily lives, from how we think to who we love.

In this urgent polemic, leading barrister Susie Alegre explores the ways in which artificial intelligence threatens our fundamental human rights - including the rights to life, liberty and fair trial; the right to private and family life; and the right to free expression - and how we protect those rights.

Touching on the many profound ethical dilemmas posed by emerging technologies, and full of fascinating case studies, Human Rights, Robot Wrongs is a rallying cry for humanity in the age of AI.

Author Biography

Susie Alegre is a leading human rights barrister at the internationally renowned Doughty Street Chambers. She has been a legal pioneer in digital human rights, in particular the impact of artificial intelligence on the human rights of freedom of thought and opinion. Susie's first book, Freedom to Think, was chosen as a "Book of the Year" in the Financial Times and the Telegraph, and was listed for the Moore Prize for Human Rights Writing and the RSL Christopher Bland Prize. She is also Senior Research Fellow at the University of Roehampton.