European Union's Approach to Artificial Intelligence in The Context of Human Rights


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Tezin Türü: Yüksek Lisans

Tezin Yürütüldüğü Kurum: Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi, Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü, Türkiye

Tezin Onay Tarihi: 2023

Tezin Dili: İngilizce

Öğrenci: IŞIL GÖÇEN

Danışman: Zühal Ünalp Çepel

Özet:

Artificial intelligence has started to be mentioned in international conferences and literature since the 1950s, but it has become a new trend in the last two decades and has gradually increased its presence in the literature. In the digital age where technology continues to develop without slowing down, Artificial Intelligence has become an important power indicator for states and has even enabled the balance of power in the international system to change. In this context, the European Union's human-centred and regulatory approach to artificial intelligence constitutes an obstacle to the technological progress of the European Union.  Artificial intelligence studies in the literature in the field of social sciences discuss that artificial intelligence may cause undesirable consequences, either intentionally or unintentionally. When data, which is the source of artificial intelligence, is misused or abused, it leads to various human rights violations. The European Union emphasises the importance of an ethical, trusthworthy and responsible Artificial Intelligence.   This thesis aims to critically examine the European Union's human-centred approach to artificial intelligence, taking into account the fundamental values on which the European Union is based that are enshrined on the Lisbon Treaty and EU Charter of Fundamental Rights. It aims to fill the gap in the literature by discussing whether the artificial intelligence regulations (General Data Protection Regulation (2016), Ethics Guidelines For Trustworthy AI (2019), White Paper on Artificial Intelligence: a European approach for excellence and trust (2020), EU Artificial Intelligence Act (2021), Artificial Intelligence Liability Directive (2022)), which the European Union has published constitute a barrier to technological progress and whether the European Union is right in its strict regulatory approach. 

Keywords: Artificial Intelligence, European Union, Human Rights, Ethical Artificial Intelligence, Trustworthy Artificial Intelligence, Responsible Artificial Intelligence, Human-Centred Artificial Intelligence, Artificial Intelligence Regulations.