Artificial intelligence is not solely a technological issue. Its effects extend to the political, legal, economic, and social spheres, even impacting our self-perception. What was once the realm of speculation is now part of everyday life, influencing decisions related to employment, justice, healthcare, education, and access to information. From this perspective, a multidisciplinary approach will be used to examine the real impact of these systems on human rights and democratic governance, building bridges between those who design them, those who regulate them, and those who are responsible for their oversight. 

AI systems are not neutral: they learn from the data they receive, reproduce the biases it contains, and concentrate ever-increasing decision-making power in the hands of those who develop and deploy them. Therefore, the crucial questions are not merely technical, but profoundly democratic: who is held accountable when an algorithm errs, how is transparency ensured in increasingly opaque processes, and how is individual autonomy protected against systems designed to anticipate and guide decisions?. 

The democratization of AI is not just an opportunity. It is also a crossroads: the decisions made, or omitted, will have direct consequences for fundamental rights and for the kind of society we want to build and guarantee for future generations. This course aims to move from vague concerns to informed judgment, offering technical, legal, and ethical insights to understand what is truly at stake and to participate knowledgeably in a debate that affects us all.