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AI technologies pose significant threats to fundamental human rights, reinforcing historical biases and power imbalances. This week, we are joined by Susie Alegre, international human rights lawyer and author, to explore the impact of generative AI on gender and racial equality, labour markets, and information ecosystems.

Susie has worked for international NGOs like Amnesty International and organisations including the UN, the EU and the Council of Europe.

Susie has published two books covering the critical issue or technology's impact on human rights; “Freedom to Think” (2022) was a Financial Times Technology Book of the Year 2022 and shortlisted for the Royal Society of Literature Christopher Bland Prize 2023 and “Human Rights, Robot Wrongs: Being Human in the Age of AI” published in 2024.

The episode covers;

How AI systems, like ChatGPT, perpetuate gender and racial biases
The "Pygmalion" pattern in AI design
Potential longterm effects on skills, education and social interactions
The rise of "ultra-processed information" and its consequences for the internet
Legal risks and the role of effective regulation
Enforcement in addressing AI's human rights risks
When AI applications may be valuable—and when they are not

📅 To learn more about Susie Alegre’s work, visit:
🔗 susiealegre.com
🔗 alegre.ai
🔗 CIGI Profile

📩 info@susiealegre.com
📷 @susiealegre
💼 Linkedin: Susie Alegre

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Susie Alegre

International human rights barrister and author

Dr Susie Alegre is an international human rights barrister, speaker, author and an associate tenant at Garden Court Chambers. She is a senior fellow at the Centre for International Governance Innovation and has been a member of the Commission for Control of Interpol’s Files since 2022. Her books are Freedom to Think: The Long Struggle to Liberate Our Minds (2022), a Financial Times and Daily Telegraph book of the year, shortlisted for the RSL Christopher Bland Prize, and Human Rights, Robot Wrongs: Being Human in the Age of AI (2024). She appears regularly in national and international print and broadcast media.

https://muckrack.com/susie-alegre/articles

https://www.amazon.co.uk/susie-alegre/s?k=susie+alegre

https://gardencourtchambers.co.uk/barrister/dr-susie-alegre/

https://www.cigionline.org/people/susie-alegre/

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