Global Governance of AI, Cultural Values, and Human Rights

Human rights are increasingly central to debates on the ethics and governance of AI, because of the potential impacts of AI on human rights as well as the prospect of human rights serving as a normative standard for assessing and governing AI. However, it has long been debated that the universal human rights are limited and problematic insofar as they have failed to accommodate local culture and values. The concerns over local norms and values in human rights are equally applicable in the context of the ethics and governance of AI. This chapter aims to examine the human rights approaches to the ethics and governance of AI and their limits and problems in relation to local norms and values when applied globally. It will also outline some potential responses as well as open questions for future research.