Artificial Intelligence: what are the issues for digital rights? - Access Now

You may have a basic understanding of what Artificial Intelligence, or AI, is. But are you familiar with the range of issues it raises for your fundamental rights? Here, we provide a brief overview of the issues at stake, as well as a look at how Access Now is working to help ensure that when companies develop AI technology -- and governments adopt or regulate it -- your rights are protected. AI refers to the theory and development of computer systems that can act without explicit human instruction and can self-modify as necessary. "AI" is used broadly to refer to a wide range of technological approaches that encompass everything from so-called machine learning to the development of autonomous, connected objects to the futuristic concept of "the Singularity", as our colleagues at Privacy International explain.