Human Rights, Robot Wrongs: Being Human in the Age of AI

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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.

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Alegre's sharp legal brain conjures up the wicked problems of AI and provides a legal blueprint for humanity's survival. Utterly brilliant. * Helena Kennedy *
A brilliant expos of the way our failure as a society to enforce laws and social conventions has left us vulnerable to AI and other harmful tech products. * Roger McNamee *
Fascinating... We have all sleepwalked into this gloomy fairytale, and it's time to wake up. * Guardian on Freedom to Think *
Freedom to Think could not be more timely... As the world experiences yet another brutal reminder of how far authoritarians will go to control and suppress their populations, [Alegre's] recommendations feel freshly relevant * Financial Times on Freedom to Think *
Timely [and] thought-provoking... One of Alegre's most compelling arguments for freedom of thought is that it allows us to try out ideas, to explore and test combinations of thoughts and concepts * Times Literary Supplement on Freedom to Think *

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Susie Alegre is a leading international human rights lawyer who has worked for NGOs like Amnesty International and international organisations around the world. She is currently a Member of the Commission for Control of Interpol's Files and is a Senior Fellow at the Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI). She has been a legal pioneer in the field of digital rights. Susie's first book, Freedom to Think, received wide acclaim, was chosen as a Book of the Year in the Financial Times and the Telegraph, and longlisted for the Moore Prize for Human Rights Writing and shortlisted for the RSL Christopher Bland Prize.