Unchecked Algorithms: The Ethical Vacuum in the Deployment of Artificial Intelligence in Warfare, Law Enforcement, and Governance
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Law Enforcement, Public Governance, Artificial Intelligence, Human Rights, Democratic ValuesAbstract
As Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies evolve rapidly, their deployment in critical areas such as warfare, law enforcement, and public governance is accelerating without adequate ethical frameworks. This paper investigates how the unregulated use of AI in these domains poses serious threats to human rights, accountability, and democratic values. Drawing on interdisciplinary sources from political science, ethics, and technology studies, it reveals how opaque algorithms and profit-driven development models are leading to biased, unaccountable, and sometimes lethal outcomes. The paper calls for binding international norms, participatory governance models, and robust regulatory mechanisms to ensure that the integration of AI into sovereign functions aligns with ethical standards and democratic principles
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