AI Governance by Human Rights-Centred Design, Deliberation and Oversight: An End to Ethics Washing

Forthcoming in M Dubber and F Pasquale (eds.) The Oxford Handbook of AI Ethics, Oxford University Press (2019)

27 Pages Posted: 9 Aug 2019

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Karen Yeung

The University of Birmingham

Andrew Howes

University of Birmingham

Ganna Pogrebna

The Alan Turing Institute; University of Birmingham

Date Written: June 21, 2019

Abstract

In this paper, we (1) argue that the international human rights framework provides the most promising set of standards for ensuring that AI systems are ethical in their design, development and deployment, and (2) sketch the basic contours of a comprehensive governance framework, which we call ‘human rights-centred design, deliberation and oversight’, for ensuring that AI can be relied upon to operate in ways that will not violate human rights.

Keywords: AI, human rights, ethics washing, governance

JEL Classification: K10, K20, K40

Suggested Citation

Yeung, Karen and Howes, Andrew and Pogrebna, Ganna, AI Governance by Human Rights-Centred Design, Deliberation and Oversight: An End to Ethics Washing (June 21, 2019). Forthcoming in M Dubber and F Pasquale (eds.) The Oxford Handbook of AI Ethics, Oxford University Press (2019) , Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3435011 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3435011

Karen Yeung (Contact Author)

The University of Birmingham ( email )

Law School and School of Computer Science
Edgbaston, Birmingham B15 2TT
United Kingdom

Andrew Howes

University of Birmingham ( email )

Edgbaston, Birmingham B15 2TT
United Kingdom

Ganna Pogrebna

The Alan Turing Institute ( email )

96 Euston Road
London, NW1 2DB
United Kingdom

University of Birmingham ( email )

Edgbaston Park Road
Birmingham, B15 2TY
United Kingdom

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