Towards a Human Rights-Based Approach to AI: Case Study of Apprise

Artificial Intelligence as a Tool Supporting Prayer Practices

“…For example, if artificial intelligence offers a religious interpretation or facilitates a religious experience, it does not present an "objective" religious truth. Instead, it provides a mediated understanding influenced by its programming, datasets, and inherent biases (Thinyane and Sassetti 2020). With its extensive data processing and pattern recognition capabilities, AI can offer a new perspective on ageold doctrines and religious practices, reinforcing traditional interpretations, challenging them, or proposing entirely new ways of understanding them (Goltz et al 2020).…”

The Intersection of Bernard Lonergan’s Critical Realism, the Common Good, and Artificial Intelligence in Modern Religious Practices

“…For instance, when an AI system offers a religious interpretation or facilitates a religious experience, it does not present an 'objective' religious truth. Instead, it offers a mediated understanding influenced by its programming, data sets, and inherent biases (Thinyane and Sassetti 2020).…”

Digital Technology for Unmasking Labour Exploitation in Supply Chains

“…Toyama builds on this notion with amplification theory, viewing technology as a means to an end and not an end in itself, explaining that "People have intent and capacity, while technology is merely a tool that multiplies human capacity in the direction of human intent" [14, p. 77]. This idea was explored in a recent study regarding the development and adoption of a worker engagement tool used by frontline responders to screen workers in vulnerable situations [15]. Findings showed that, although the tool could support frontline responders in overcoming issues of language barriers, privacy and trust, the tool was not a solution to improve worker screening, but rather a tool to support this process, where the impact of positive and negative intentions of workers the frontline responders were critical on whether the tool was used for its purpose.…”

“…Within the context of workplace inspections, the potential for technology to effectively uncover workplace exploitation depends on how auditors and workers use them. If both workers and auditors have positive intentions for its use, technology will amplify their intent and lead to an accurate identification of workplace conditions [15]. But if a well-intentioned auditor is faced with a report made by a worker with negative intentions -that is having a bad day or wishes to bring harm against their employer -then the auditor will use technology to and unwittingly lodge a false report.…”

“…But if a well-intentioned auditor is faced with a report made by a worker with negative intentions -that is having a bad day or wishes to bring harm against their employer -then the auditor will use technology to and unwittingly lodge a false report. In the same way, if a positively intentioned worker wanting to report workplace exploitation is met by an unwilling auditor, the reporting technology tool may be used to bring about more harm to the worker, with the auditor sharing details of confidential reports with exploitative employers [15]. This shows that, despite the opportunities that technology offers in supporting accountability mechanisms in supply chains through social compliance auditing, whether it is in upholding standards, sanctions or collecting key information, it is also important to critically reflect on its real ability to bring about change.…”