According to the UN, AI poses a severe risk to human rights.

The head of the UN human rights office cautioned that recent developments in artificial intelligence presented a serious threat to human rights and urged for safeguards to stop violations on Saturday in Geneva. This week, more than 60 countries, including the US and China, demanded that AI be regulated to protect “international security, stability, and accountability.”

Concerns about things like AI-guided drones, “slaughterbots” that can kill without human participation, and the possibility that artificial intelligence could intensify a military confrontation have grown. Volker Turk, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, remarked, “I am extremely troubled by the potential for damage posed by recent breakthroughs in artificial intelligence.”

All human rights, including agency and dignity, are gravely in jeopardy. This is an urgent request that businesses and governments work together to create the guardrails that are so desperately needed, the speaker said.

Artificial intelligence has impacted every aspect of our everyday lives, including how we search the internet, how we track our health, and new technological advancements like an app that can produce a variety of written content in response to a straightforward request. Opponents have brought up issues including biassed algorithms and privacy violations. Turk stated, “We will closely monitor this, offer our specialised knowledge, and make sure that the human rights component stays crucial to how this moves ahead.