XR, AI, and Human Rights

Data-driven technologies such as XR and AI could, if effectively designed and deployed, enhance human rights because they expand individual capabilities. XR uses computer-generated virtual environments to enhance an individual’s capabilities and experiences. AI, in contrast, attempts to replicate the way humans understand and process information and, combined with the capabilities of a computer, process vast amounts of data without flaws. But computers lack moral and ethical reasoning skills although some people assert that computers can be trained with the “right” data. Yet many believe these technologies undermine a wide range of human rights from access to information, privacy, freedom of speech and association, and rights to non-discrimination, for example.

Speaker:

 

 

 

Dr. Louis Rosenberg, a pioneer of virtual and augmented reality for over 30 years and current CEO of Unanimous AI. He has written a variety of pieces arguing that several human rights will be undermined and we will be subject to more fraud and deception.

Moderator:

 

 

Professor Susan Aaronson, Director of the Digital Trade and Data Governance Hub, GWU.

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