John-Stewart Gordon, PhD in Philosophy, serves as an adjunct full professor at LSMU and has held various academic roles. He's an associate editor at AI & Society, serves on multiple editorial boards, and is the general editor of Brill's Philosophy and Human Rights series. With over 90 publications, John is a prolific contributor to practical philosophy.

Offers a proposal to start thinking abut an AI Convention

Depicts the impact of AI on human rights

Written for scholars interested in AI, law, philosophy, political science, and human rights

1 General Introduction.- 1.1 General Line of Argumentation.- 1.2 The Caveat.- 1.3 Extreme Scepticism and Robot Rights.- 1.3.1 A Plea for Human Exceptionalism.- 1.3.2 The Mindless Morality View.- 1.3.3 Open-mindedness.- References.- 2 What Is Artificial Intelligence?.- 2.1 Introduction.- 2.2 Defining Artificial Intelligence.- 2.3 Artificial Intelligence and Ethics.- 2.3.1 Three Developmental Periods.- 2.3.2 The Ethics of Artificial Intelligence.- 2.4 Weak and Strong Artificial Intelligence.- 2.5 Superintelligence.- 2.6 Conclusions.- References.- 3 What Are Human Rights?.- 3.1 Introduction.- 3.2 What Are Human Rights?.- 3.2.1 The Concept of Human Rights.- 3.2.2 The Main Features of Human Rights.- 3.2.3 Different Types of Human Rights-A Classification.- 3.3 Moral and Legal Human Rights.- 3.4 Human Rights and Personhood.- 3.4.1 The Human DNA Argument.- 3.4.2 The Human Dignity Argument.- 3.5 Conclusions.- References.- 4 The Impact of Artificial Intelligence on Human Rights.- 4.1 Introduction.- 4.2 Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights-An Overview.- 4.3 Universal Declaration of Human Rights-Abridged Version.- 4.4 Zones of Conflict I-Machines Violate Human Rights.- 4.4.1 Table.- 4.4.2 Comments.- 4.4.3 Table.- 4.4.4 Comments.- 4.4.5 Table.- 4.4.6 Comments.- 4.5 Zones of Conflict II-Humans Violate "Machine Rights".- 4.5.1 Table.- 4.5.2 Comments.- 4.6 Conclusions.- References.- 5 Moving Towards a "Universal Convention for the Rights of AI Systems".- 5.1 Introduction.- 5.2 The Significance of Moral Status.- 5.3 Machine Rights as Fundamental Rights.- 5.4 The Idea of an AI Convention.- 5.5 The Problem of Design.- 5.6 Conclusions.- References.- 6 Objections.- 6.1 Introduction.- 6.2 The Dark Side of Superintelligence.- 6.3 Human Rights Are for Humans and Not Machines.- 6.4 The Argument from Artificial Servitude.- 6.5 Conclusions.- References.- 7 General Conclusions.