Human Rights, Robot Wrongs

Eye-opening… acknowledging the fallibility of machines and the need to hold those responsible for harm to account are key themes of this interesting book * Marina Wheeler, New Statesman *Alegre’s sharp legal brain conjures up the wicked problems of AI and provides a legal blueprint for humanity’s survival. Utterly brilliant. * Helena Kennedy *A brilliant exposé of the way our failure as a society to enforce laws and social conventions has left us vulnerable to AI and other harmful tech products. * Roger McNamee *This is a thought-provoking, challenging, and very humane book, which in an ideal world would be required reading in every Silicon Valley boardroom * Michael Wooldridge *Fascinating… We have all sleepwalked into this gloomy fairytale, and it’s time to wake up. * Guardian on Freedom to Think *Freedom to Think could not be more timely… As the world experiences yet another brutal reminder of how far authoritarians will go to control and suppress their populations, [Alegre’s] recommendations feel freshly relevant * Financial Times on Freedom to Think *Timely [and] thought-provoking… One of Alegre’s most compelling arguments for freedom of thought is that it allows us to try out ideas, to explore and test combinations of thoughts and concepts * Times Literary Supplement on Freedom to Think *

Susie Alegre is a leading international human rights lawyer who has worked for NGOs like Amnesty International and international organisations around the world. She is currently a Member of the Commission for Control of Interpol’s Files and is a Senior Fellow at the Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI). She has been a legal pioneer in the field of digital rights. Susie’s first book, Freedom to Think, received wide acclaim, was chosen as a Book of the Year in the Financial Times and the Telegraph, and longlisted for the Moore Prize for Human Rights Writing and shortlisted for the RSL Christopher Bland Prize.