Human Rights Day | A balancing act between AI and human rights

JOHANNESBURG - Imagine a future where algorithms decide your fate in a legal case, or your salary, or your medical diagnosis.

That's not a far into the future dystopian fantasy, but a reality moving closer to us every day.

Tech leaders like Elon Musk warn ethics is being ignored in the out-of-control race to deploy systems.

So on Human Rights Day we look at the future of those hard-fought for rights in a new world.

We discuss this with Pooja Dela-Cron from Webber Wentzel, who has been looking into the issue.