NEURORIGHTS: Freedom & Human Rights in the Age of AI
Wed, Dec 10
|2000 Pennsylvania Ave NW, Washington, DC 20006, USA
How do we protect freedom of thought, privacy, dignity, and equal treatment when AI systems—and emerging neurotechnology powered by AI—can infer, influence, or even interface with our minds?
Time & Location
Dec 10, 2025, 6:30 PM – 8:00 PM
2000 Pennsylvania Ave NW, Washington, DC 20006, USA
Guests
About the event
Join us for a timely conversation with Jared Genser, internationally renowned human-rights lawyer and
managing director of Perseus Strategies, and Ashley Collins, human-rights attorney and associate at Perseus
Strategies. Together, they’ll explore the legal, policy, and advocacy frontiers needed to safeguard human rights in the AI era.
The significant shifts AI is creating for human rights include concerns about mental privacy and cognitive liberty, as AI-enabled neurotech raises risks to privacy, identity, agency, equality, and fair access, often framed as the emerging 'neurorights.' Additionally, algorithmic discrimination and issues related to due process are prominent, with automated systems in hiring, policing, and border screening potentially reproducing or intensifying bias and eroding meaningful human oversight, a concern highlighted by the UN and scholars. The impact on freedom of expression and association is also notable, as generative AI boosts influence operations, surveillance, and censorship pressures, thereby threatening civic space, as discussed in global…