Launched in February 2024, the <AI & Equality> Human Rights Toolbox course brings together an online community committed to having an all-of-society discussion about the AI we want, the AI we deserve, and the tech future we need to create together!
This is a free course accessible to all!
You can do the course at your own pace, and for a certificate from the Sorbonne Center for AI, or along with us, monthly, on the AI & Equality Community site to collaborate on a human rights-based approach to AI development.
The curriculum
Module 1. Human Rights & AI Systems
What are Human Rights? Core principles & legal frameworks
How AI systems can contradict the core values of Human Rights
Module 2. How Harms to Human Rights Enter the AI Lifecycle
Introducing the six stages of the AI lifecycle
For each stage: i). Outlining the purpose of the stage; ii). Demonstrating different entry points of bias
Module 3. Fairness Metrics: Technical Measures are Not Neutral
Using the example of fairness metrics to illustrate that different metrics lead to different, i.e. contradictory real-world outcomes. Which metric is the most suitable for a system has to be a conscious choice, informed by the system’s socio-technical context.
Module 4. A Human Rights-Based Approach to AI Development
For each stage of the life cycle: i).Introducing considerations and reflection points that are required to create Human Rights-respecting AI systems. ii). Best practice examples or tools that support the practical implementation
Module 5. Putting the Human Rights-based Approach into Practice
Two case studies based on the same World Bank Findex dataset from Sub Saharan Africa:
i.demonstrating that a Human Rights-based approach can manifest in very different measures depending on a system’s objective – even for the same dataset and functionality.
ii.Optional: follow along in a Jupyter notebook to see how the mechanisms and different fairness metrics play out in code.
We really hope that you will join us in discovery, in conversation, and in collaboration with the course, with community, and in creating an all-of-society discussion about the AI we want, the AI we deserve, and the tech future we want to create together!