The government must urgently develop a declaration of digital rights and principles involving the public and civil society, write Polly Curtis, Prof Robert Trager, Prof Gina Neff, Maeve Walsh, Jim Killock and Dr Jeni Tennison
As global leaders meet at the AI summit in Paris, we are calling on the UK government to urgently develop and adopt a citizen-led UK declaration of digital rights and principles (AI race must be led by ‘western, liberal, democratic’ countries, says UK minister, 10 February).
We agree with the science, innovation and technology secretary, Peter Kyle, when he says: “Government does have agency in how technology is developed … We need to use that agency to reinforce our democratic principles, our liberal values and our democratic way of life.”
