A/80/278 Contents Page I. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 II. The dangers of artificial intelligence for creativity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 A. Undermining human creativity and dignity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 B. Data collection: deepening inequities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 C. Undermining cultural diversity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 D. Exacerbating the divide: limiting the right to participate in cultural life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 E. Artificial intelligence content, bias and discrimination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 F. Directing the capacity to access and choose cultural references . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 G. Affecting the working conditions of cultural practitioners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Placing cultural rights and creativity at the heart of artificial intelligence policy . . . . . . . . . . . 17 A. The inadequacy of existing systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 B. The cultural rights approach to artificial intelligence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Conclusions and recommendations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 III. IV. 25-12403 3/21