A/80/278 even appropriate the identities of real authors. 23 Transparency about AI generation is essential to ensure the cultural rights of both the creators and the receivers. However, transparency, even when included in legislation, is not monitored. 24 14. Increasing the dependence of individuals on AI systems also has long -term effects on human creativity and, consequently, on cultural rights. In some sectors, it seems difficult to fight this dependence. Researchers at Bridging Responsible AI Divides noted: “creators and businesses are under an increasing pressure of using AI at all costs, driven by hype and competitive anxiety. The risk associated with this is the reduction of creative processes to productivity and efficiency metrics. ” 25 Such an acceleration in the pace of production inevitably limits exploration of and deep reflective practices for genuine cultural innovation. 26 15. The use of AI tools amounts to a “delegation of thought” for generative production accompanied by “broad de-responsibilization and intellectual laziness stemming from ‘digital addiction’”. 27 This dependence results in a loss of knowledge, skills and self-confidence, which is a major issue. 28 Consequently, the transmission of creative knowledge and skills is interrupted, and the ability of individuals to fully participate in cultural life as creators is inevitably reduced. AI systems capable of generating new content, ideas or data that mimic human creativity risk damaging or destroying the transmission of skills to newer generations. 29 How can a PhD researcher learn to engage in high-quality research, if not by repetitive searches and critical assessment of the nuances? Creation happens not only through success, but also through failure. How can artisans connect to their tools, if not b y regularly using, cleaning and taking care of them? The “mindless, repetitive actions” that AI purportedly will take care of to allow us to be more creative are often part of the processes of creativity. Such actions bring joy and pain; they are all part of the human life cycles that generate creation and experience. 16. Generative AI tools also raise specific concerns regarding children ’s creativity. Ethical and human rights risks include the loss of autonomy, the datafication of play, normative bias and reduced opportunities for challenges. 30 The AI-driven environment may also limit spontaneous play and imagination, key drivers of child development and self-expression. Such AI tools must be subject to repeated evaluation. B. Data collection: deepening inequities 17. The collection of data by platforms poses serious concerns about a new form of colonialism that extracts not natural resources, but rather data resources. Big companies grab data from every source, open or not, usually without any consultation __________________ 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 25-12403 Submission by Association nationale des éditeurs de livres, p. 2, referring to Agence France Presse, “Les livres écrits avec ChatGPT envahissent Amazon, 10 May 2024 . See Partenariat Interprofessionnel du Livre et de l’Édition numérique, “Charte pour une utilisation responsable de l’intelligence artificielle dans le secteur des écritures et du livre”, available at https://pilen.be/charte. See also submission by the Alan Turing Institute, p. 7. Submissions by Bridging Responsible AI Divides researchers, p. 3, and Caterina Moruzzi, p. 2. Submission by Jorge Caballero Ramos, p. 1. Submission by Michele Pasquale, p. 4. Submission by Jeanette Folk, p. 3. See also, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology research on ChatGPT and cognitive decline, available at www.media.mit.edu/publications/your-brain-onchatgpt/. Submission by Harry H. Jiang, p. 2. Submission by Nomisha C. Kurian, pp. 3 and 4. 7/21