Book contents
- The Cambridge Handbook of Information Technology, Life Sciences and Human Rights
- The Cambridge Handbook of Information Technology, Life Sciences and Human Rights
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Tables
- Contributors
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- Part I Life Sciences and Human Rights
- Part II Information and Communication Technologies and Human Rights
- 10 The Right to Internet Access
- 11 Face Recognition and the Right to Stay Anonymous
- 12 Artificial Intelligence and the Right to Algorithmic Transparency
- 13 Machine Learning, Cognitive Sovereignty and Data Protection Rights with Respect to Automated Decisions
- 14 Going Dark or Living Forever
- 15 Artificial Intelligence and Children’s Rights
- 16 Internet of Things Devices, Citizen Science Research and the Right to Science
- 17 Connected but Still Excluded?
- Part III Towards a Convergence
15 - Artificial Intelligence and Children’s Rights
from Part II - Information and Communication Technologies and Human Rights
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 17 May 2022
- The Cambridge Handbook of Information Technology, Life Sciences and Human Rights
- The Cambridge Handbook of Information Technology, Life Sciences and Human Rights
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Tables
- Contributors
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- Part I Life Sciences and Human Rights
- Part II Information and Communication Technologies and Human Rights
- 10 The Right to Internet Access
- 11 Face Recognition and the Right to Stay Anonymous
- 12 Artificial Intelligence and the Right to Algorithmic Transparency
- 13 Machine Learning, Cognitive Sovereignty and Data Protection Rights with Respect to Automated Decisions
- 14 Going Dark or Living Forever
- 15 Artificial Intelligence and Children’s Rights
- 16 Internet of Things Devices, Citizen Science Research and the Right to Science
- 17 Connected but Still Excluded?
- Part III Towards a Convergence
Summary
This chapter proposes using Artificial Intelligence (AI) to reposition the place of the child in society. Advancements in digital technology and applied statistical analysis offer an opportunity to dislodge the largely entrenched view of the child as an inferior rights holder. As currently positioned, the child’s power is derived from the parent(s) or legal guardian(s). This currently accepted derivative power structure limits the child’s autonomy to wield power independently from the parent. This structure was successful in the past. However, technological advances and the modern child’s dependence on digital resources requires a re-examination of this parent-based derivative power structure. Parents may now have less capability to perform protective and preparatory duties owed to children in the digital context. An analysis of the parent as gatekeeper for participatory rights in the modern digital context is critiqued and the ability of AI to alleviate this problem is proposed.
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