‘Artificial intelligence as a challenge for the right to informational self-determination’

One of the characteristics of artificial intelligence in its current form is that the results of its application can no longer be fully reconstructed, even by those who did the original programming. This black box phenomenon can no longer be adequately captured by the traditional concept of the right to informational self-determination, which regards any processing of personal data as an encroachment on fundamental rights. However, this is not a shortcoming of artificial intelligence. Rather, the black box phenomenon reveals fundamental weaknesses in the conventional conception of the right to informational self-determination. The aim of this talk is to outline an alternative concept and to show why it is better equipped to cover the use of artificial intelligence in terms of fundamental rights.