Keynote speech given in Vienna, at #ICT2018, on December 6th, 2018. https://youtu.be/ZR7PaQkr0ds http://codemooc.org/ict-e-diritti-umani/

1. Human Rights
and ICT Moral Duties
Alessandro Bogliolo University of Urbino
Europe’s Future is Digital: Investing in People and Skills
alessandro.bogliolo@uniurb.it
#ICT2018

2. All human beings are born free and equal
in dignity and rights.
Everyone has the right to education.
Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Article 1
Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Article 26
Everyone has the right freely to
participate in the cultural life of the
community, to enjoy the arts and to share
in scientific advancement and its
benefits. Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Article 27

3. All human beings

4. The Digital Age
Began in Prehistory
With the human capacity for symbolic representation
Culture
Storytelling
History
Digital means represented as a sequence of symbols
taken from a finite set (sounds, letters, digits, bits)
Computation
Communication

5. The Turing
Machine

6. Writing Is
a Digital Technology
Any age has its own digital technology
Spoken language
Writing
Typography
Telegraph
ICT

7. Charles
and Ada
Hardware
Software

8. Coding Provides the
Fastest Path to Innovation
We can make ideas come true by writing new lines of code
for the tens of billions of existing programmable objects

9. Computer Programming
Is a Matter of Delegation
Computers and robots are ideal performers
Delegating the execution of a task to an ideal performer
entails the deep understanding of its algorithmic nature

10. Algorithms
Are Forever
Algorithms are among the highest achievements
of human intelligence
A problem with a known algorithmic solution
is no longer a problem

11. ICT is a Matter
of Human Rights
We have a moral duty to promote
research, development and exploitation
Literacy
Specialization
Digital inclusion
Education

12. Human Qualities
Behind ICT
Symbolic representation
Computational thinking
Creativity
Human Qualities
Above ICT
Intelligence
Empathy
Free will

13. .All human beings . .