Artificial intelligence technologies (AITs): Transforming public policy

Dr Emma Carmel, Associate Professor, University of Bath, offers her expert insight into the use of artificial intelligence technologies (AITs) within government to transform public policy

Automation of human decision-making through the use of artificial intelligence technologies (AITs) in government has the potential to transform the nature of public policy, politics and statehood in a democratic society. AITs may fundamentally alter where decision-making takes place, as well as how, by whom and when. It opens a radically new field of political and institutional relationships in public policy and services. These developments significantly challenge our systems of political responsibility and accountability, and create potentially new roles for state, political and private sector actors. Nor is this a distant future: Automation and the use of machine-learning in governmental decision-making is growing rapidly.

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