Human Rights, Robot Wrongs – pioneering AI book to Atlantic

James Pulford, senior editor at Atlantic, acquired UK & Commonwealth rights (excluding Canada) to Susie Alegre’s Human Rights, Robot Wrongs: Being Human in the Age of AI from Charlie Brotherstone at Aevitas Creative Management UK, to be published on 2 May 2024 as a B-format flapped paperback original and in e-book.

Susie Alegre is a leading international human rights lawyer who has worked for NGOs like Amnesty International and international organisations around the world. She is currently a Member of the Commission for Control of Interpol’s Files and is a Senior Fellow at the Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI). She has been a legal pioneer in the field of digital rights. Susie’s first book, Freedom to Think, received wide acclaim, was chosen as a Book of the Year in the Financial Times and the Telegraph, and longlisted for the Moore Prize for Human Rights Writing and shortlisted for the RSL Christopher Bland Prize.

An urgent and pioneering argument for a better future, Human Rights, Robot Wrongs reveals why we must protect our human rights in the age of AI.

No longer an uncertain technology of the distant future, artificial intelligence has already started to shape every aspect of our daily lives, from how we think to who we love.

In this urgent polemic, leading international human rights lawyer Susie Alegre shines a light on the ways in which artificial intelligence poses a grave threat to our fundamental human rights – including the rights to life, liberty and fair trial; the right to private and family life; and the right to free expression – and why we must protect those rights.

Exploring the profound ethical dilemmas posed by emerging technologies, and full of fascinating case studies, Human Rights, Robot Wrongs is a rallying cry for humanity in the age of AI.

Susie Alegre says:

‘The existential risks of AI are not theoretical future threats. Deployment of AI and emerging technologies is already having profound impacts on the way we live and what it means to be human. This book reminds us that none of this is inevitable – we can use our human rights to chart a future that benefits us all.’

James Pulford says:

‘From big tech whistleblowers warning that artificial intelligence is out of control to large language models taking the world by storm, 2023 was the year AI finally entered the mainstream. In Human Rights, Robot Wrongs Susie brings the moral urgency and deep humanity readers will recognise from her last book, Freedom to Think, to the task of showing how our fundamental human rights are under threat – and why we must protect them. We are delighted to be publishing Susie again.’