Irapuã Santana
Partner at the law firm BFBM – Barroso Fontelles, Barcellos, Mendonça Advogados, PhD and Master's in Procedural Law from UERJ, Post-Doctoral researcher at IDP, former Advisor to a Minister at the Supreme Federal Court and at the Superior Electoral Court, Volunteer lawyer for Educafro, Columnist for O Globo newspaper and Attorney for the Municipality of Mauá/SP.
AI & Human Rights: Who Holds the Power in the World of Algorithms?
No technology is neutral. And artificial intelligence is perhaps the most urgent example of this. Among algorithmic biases, surveillance, work automation and data concentration, there is a growing need to examine AI not only as technological advancement, but as a force that redefines power, responsibility and citizenship. At the same time, the same technology can support inclusion, access to justice and more efficient policies. The debate proposes a central challenge: how to ensure that technological development expands, rather than restricts, fundamental rights. To undertake, in this context, is to understand that building with AI requires both technical competence and human conscience.