Amendment No. 3 | Doc. 14288 | 27 April 2017

Technological convergence, artificial intelligence and human rights

Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights

Origin - 2017 - Second part-session

In the draft recommendation, before paragraph 8.1.1, insert the following paragraph:

"the fact that responsibility and accountability lies with the human being, no matter the circumstances. References to "independent" decision-making by artificial intelligence systems cannot exempt the creators, owners and managers of these systems from accountability for human rights violations committed with the use of these systems, even in cases where the action that caused the damage was not directly ordered by a responsible human commander or operator;"