Ang pandemya ng COVID-19 ay hindi na lamang isang pandaigdigang krisis sa kalusugan kundi isa na may malawak na implikasyon sa lahat ng sektor ng lipunan. Hindi pa rin natin alam kung gaano katagal ang krisis na ito, ngunit alam nating magbabago ito sa paraan ng ating pagtatrabaho, paglalakbay, pag-aaral, at pakikipag-ugnayan sa isa’t isa sa hinaharap.
The COVID-19 pandemic is no longer just a global health crisis but one with widespread implications across all sectors of society. We still don’t know how long this crisis will last, but we do know it will change the way we work, travel, study, and interact with each other in the future.
This is the second in a series of articles on the human rights implications of artificial intelligence (AI) in the context of Southeast Asia, targeted at raising awareness and engagement of civil society on the topic.
Despite the rapid proliferation of artificial intelligence (AI) in our everyday life and communications, it is still little understood by much of civil society in Southeast Asia. What exactly is AI?
Oftentimes, the simplest one-sentence reply to the question, “What are digital rights?”, is “human rights in the digital environment”, or “human rights that are enabled through technology and the internet”.
In this article, we are going to take a closer look on what can happen when AI is weaponised and used against civil and political rights (CPR) such as the right to life and self-determination, as well as individual freedoms of expression, religion, association, assembly, and so on.
