RIA’s Submission on the UN AI Advisory Body’s Interim Report

With a clear insistence on “shared and codified norms and values” adopted by UN members, the Interim Report has an opportunity to set the regulatory agenda to curb exploitation and extractivism, promote redistribution, and drive human rights led governance of the global information and communication space by “holding established and emerging players accountable” thereby providing a new kind of fut. [...] Risks and challenges The challenges surrounding AI span both the inherent characteristics of the technology itself, the subsequent impacts driven by its deployment, and adoption patterns that arise from situated forces and relations of productions. [...] Of concern is AI’s uneven impact on property regimes and ownership as these come to shape regulatory influence, the hoarding of computing resources, the development and deployment of 2 systems, and clustering of deep technical knowledge in select geographies and demographics. [...] Guiding principles to guide the formation of new global governance institutions for AI While framing the Interim Report within the UN charter and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, there is scope to place greater emphasis on safeguarding fundamental human rights to a democratic representation, a dignified life, employment, and non-exploitation. [...] These rights encompass entitlements for human dignity, reliable and trustworthy information, the right to explanation and transparency regarding AI decision-making processes, and the right to independent human oversight and control over AI systems, and the right to challenge outcomes.