BOOK
HUMAN RIGHTS - Evolution in the digital era
Publication date
2021-12-18
Editors
Magdalena Sitek, Jaime Bonet Navarro
CHAPTERS
MODERN TECHNOLOGY AT WORK AND EVERYDAY LIFE
ABSTRACT
This publication contains studies conducted by authors from several European
countries that have cooperated with each other for many years in the field of
human rights. The fruit of this cooperation are numerous conferences and
publications in various languages. What is most important, however, is the
exchange of experiences and opinions on understanding and application of
individual human rights from the perspective of the experiences of societies
living in the European cultural circle, and at the same time functioning in
different historical and geographical conditions.
This publication is an attempt to look at human rights from the perspective
of the dynamic progress that is connected with the development of ICT tools.
It is not only about digitization or automation of human work, but above
all about creating a virtual society, in which artificial intelligence plays an
important role. A significant part of human activity, especially interpersonal
communication, takes place with the use of social media. Moreover, individual
contact with public authorities are being gradually replaced by intelligent
computer programs. In the United States, there is already an IT system, which
adjudicates in minor misdemeanor cases.
Modern researches in IT sector aim to build programs that allow to support
human thinking through recommendation algorithms or suggesting automatically
learned solutions, and even aim at autonomous decision-making. This last
level of shifting responsibility for decisions to artificial intelligence is assessed
extremely positive by many people, but also brings many fears. A virtual society
built with the use of artificial intelligence changes the perception of many
human rights, such as the right to good name, the right to freely express one’s
opinion, the right to property, the right to state or national identity.
Hence this publication contains various opinions on the artificial intelligence
and its role in the functioning of society and importance for the life of
an individual. The added value of this publication is the fact that it contains
balanced views and assessments of authors from various European countries
and academic societies conducting research on digital reality.
This publication will certainly allow the reader to form his or her own
opinion on human rights in the context of artificial intelligence.