The Constitutional and Legal Dimension of Artificial Intelligence in the United Arab Emirates and Human Rights Protection: Problems and Development Parameters

Abstract

Introduction: the article analyzes the introduction of artificial intelligence (AI) into human society and the UAE's attempts to regulate its use through the creation of a national AI strategy, the development of AI ethics guidelines, and through various legislative initiatives, programs, and measures. Purpose: to provide a constitutional and legal assessment of the legal regulation of artificial intelligence in the UAE in the context of human rights protection. Methods: the research methodology is based on formal and dialectical logic that makes it possible to understand the relationship between the underlying humanistic ideas and ethical considerations as well as to draw practical conclusions concerning the researched area (including finding a balance between the problems of privacy and video surveillance, freedom of speech and AI-based monitoring) as well as concerning discrimination against employees and others (for example, women) and the effect of automation on their rights. The method of system analysis and reflection on the ideas presented in the researched articles, book chapters, etc., along with such operations as induction and deduction, is used in reviewing the provisions of national and international legislation in the researched area. The comparative legal method is used to compare approaches to balancing video surveillance and privacy using the examples of Australia, the United States, Russia, and the United Arab Emirates. Results: the reviewed scientific sources and regulations indicate that in the UAE, as in other countries, artificial intelligence is developing on the basis of the AI Strategy and other acts. The development takes place in an ecosystem that unites government, business, and science for the purpose of achieving ambitious goals while respecting ethical requirements. Conclusions: the study shows that it is impossible to abandon religious canons (for example, the use of Sharia as a source of law) when regulating artificial intelligence in the UAE.