Dr. Nathan C. Walker joined experts from around the world to help craft the proposed Munich Convention on AI and Human Rights, an initiative organized by the Institute of Ethics in Artificial Intelligence (IEAI) at the Technical University of Munich, in partnership with Globethics.
This International AI and Human Rights Summit served as a pivotal platform uniting global stakeholders to deliberate on the ramifications of AI on the protection and promotion of human rights. It led to a collaborative effort to craft a framework for organizational human rights responsibilities in AI development. By forging a stronger link between the workshop and the convention to be signed, the Munich Declaration serves as an outcome of the collaborative efforts to navigate the complex interplay between AI and human rights. The summit themes included:
- Defining a scope of Human Rights for AI
- Defining Red Lines in AI use that violate human rights
- Identifying Relevant Use Cases for AI and Human Rights that warrant specific treatment
- Developing Stakeholder Engagement: Who, Why and How?
- Needs and considerations for multinational corporations vs. public organizations in the development of AI and Human Rights
- Implications for governance of AI
The process of refining and promoting the convention will continue with workshops in Geneva, Switzerland, this fall, followed by an open round of public consultations for the latest Convention draft in the second half of 2024.