Regina Surber on Corona, Technology and Human Rights

An audio recording of her presentation.

Advisory ICT, AI, disinformation, misinformation and hate speech, Activities, Policy Research ICT, Risk and opportunities of ICTs and social media in a pandemic world, AI, Autonomous Systems, Converging Technologies, Peace and Human Security, Capacity Building, ICTs and Human Rights Protection, Big data, Zurich Hub for ethics and technology

1. April 2020

Regina Surber, Senior Advisor at ICT4Peace and the Zurich Hub for Ethics and Technology (ZHET) delivered the keynote speech at the #SwissCognitive and @AICapitalCO virtual conference entitled “Corona, Technology and Human Rights”. Regina provided a critical examination of some governmental emergency measures addressing the #Covid19 pandemic.

Please find the audio recording of Reginas lecture of approximately 17 minutes here:

Regina has written extensively on Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems (LAWS9, AI and Peace Time Threats:

Surber, R., 2018, Artificial Intelligence: Autonomous Technologies, LAWS, and Peace-Time Threats, Geneva: ICT4Peace Foundation.

Surber, R., 2019, Managing the Risks and Rewards of Emerging and Converging Technologies, International Cooperation, National Policy, and the Role of the Individual, Geneva: ICT4Peace Foundation.

Surber, R., 2019, Are Governments Outsourcing Protection of Fundamental Rights to Companies?, Neue Zürcher Zeitung, 24 April 2019.