Responsible AI for Justice, Sustainability, and Human-Centered Progress

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Volume 15 - January 2026 (01)

Abstract

Artificial Intelligence (AI) has emerged as a transformative force with the potential to address critical global challenges, from social inequality to sustainable development. However, its effectiveness depends not on technology alone but on the ethical frameworks, governance structures, and human-centered values guiding its deployment. This paper examines AI through a global lens, highlighting how responsible AI can promote justice, sustainability, and human-centered progress across diverse contexts, including advanced economies, emerging nations, and post-conflict societies. While AI can optimize energy and water systems, enhance healthcare delivery, and improve public services, unregulated deployment risks amplifying structural inequalities, reinforcing biases, and enabling misuse of data. By integrating ethical principles, inclusive design, and accountable governance, this study demonstrates that AI’s true value lies in supporting equitable development, protecting human rights, and fostering sustainable societal transformation. The findings underscore that responsible AI is not defined by algorithms alone, but by the deliberate, value-driven choices of the communities and institutions that implement it.

Keywords

Responsible Artificial Intelligence (Responsible AI), Ethical AI, Social Justice, Sustainable Development, Human-Centered Computing, AI Governance, Digital Equity, Post-Conflict Reconstruction, Smart Cities, Algorithmic Accountability

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