Amanda McAllister
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Amanda McAllister is a legal scholar and ethicist whose work sits at the volatile intersection of artificial intelligence, robotics, and international human rights law. Her primary research areas include the legal status of autonomous systems, the application of anti-torture frameworks to emerging technologies, and the governance of AI in warfare and law enforcement. McAllister’s most influential contribution is her provocative 2017 paper, “Stranger Than Science Fiction: The Rise of A.I. Interrogation in the Dawn of Autonomous Robots and the Need for an Additional Protocol to the U.N. Convention Against Torture,” which has garnered 12 citations. In this work, she argues that the deployment of autonomous robots for interrogation purposes creates a legal vacuum, as current international law fails to account for non-human agents capable of inflicting psychological or physical harm. By proposing a new protocol to the U.N. Convention Against Torture, McAllister has sparked critical debate among legal practitioners and policymakers about the boundaries of accountability in an age of machine decision-making. Her research is essential reading for anyone grappling with the ethical and legal challenges posed by autonomous systems, and her call for proactive legal reform continues to influence discussions at the intersection of technology and human rights.
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