Villa Decius workshop - 15th Prize of Sergio Vieira de Mello. Cracow, 26th October 2018

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Is Internet of Things and Artificial
Intelligence for or against human rights?
Villa Decius, Cracow, 26 10 2018
Bartłomiej Michałowski
New Technologies Expert

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Agenda
• Few words of introduction.
• Change in the development paradigm.
• Is Internet of Things and Artificial Intelligence for or against
human rights?
• Some ideas.

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In the past
Start to be
today
Change in the development paradigm
ROZWIĄZANIE = SOLUTION
OCZEKIWANE ROZWIĄZANIE = EXPECTED SOLUTION

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All sectors are affected .

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Big change in technology was always followed by social changes.

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Big change in technology was always followed by social changes.

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With IoT and AI it will not be different

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Is Internet of Things and Artificial Intelligence for or
against human rights?
• It is only a technology
• Is a knife good or bad?
• It depends who is using this technology.

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Help human rights in
• Healthcare
• Safety
• Resources and asset management
(ecology)
• Access to information
• Transparency

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100% transparency = 0% privacy

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Put at risk human rights when
• In hands of bad people
• Without control of the public
• Used to manipulate and take
advantage of Big Data
• Benefits and knowledge are not
shared

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Human rights?

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• IoT and AI can track every
component, where it was
done and who did it.
• B2B2C value creation from
IoT and AI solutions can be
distributed more fairly.
• Thanks to transparency
business may be safer.
Human rights?

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• Machine and automotive robots took already dangerous jobs
from people in the factories of developed countries.
• Machine + AI and Machine Learning + Big Data from IoT +
global network and free communication = Robots which can
really do a lot.
• If somebody else do dirty job for us, we may have more time
for philosophy, discussion and activities we want to do and not
we have to do.
Dirty jobs not for humans.

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To be like a Roman patrician.

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Robot like a Roman slave?

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Robot like a Roman slave?
Slavery is a human invention and not found in nature.
Gaius (110-176 AD), famous Roman jurist.

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Robot like a Roman slave?
A slave is just a talking tool and has no right to any
free time.
Marcus Terentius Varro (116-27 BC), known as
Warron. Roman encyclopaedist and scholar.
Considered the most versatile scholar of Rome.

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Last thoughts
• Will we use Roman law to solve issues related to robots, its
ownership and responsibilities in case of accidents?
I don’t know.
• Will the new technologies like IoT, AI and robots be more and
more present in our life?
I am sure, they will be.

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What to do?
• Have public control on who is controlling the Big Data.
• Share the benefits coming from IoT and AI (taxes on robots?).
• First invest in solutions solving energy, healthcare and safety
challenges. New technologies can give great results there.
• Invest in education also in poor countries to make them
ready to… work with IoT, AI and robots.
• Don’t be afraid but do not support development of robots
which task is to harm people (we don’t need cyber
Spartacus).

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Bartłomiej Michałowski
New Technologies Expert
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Thank you