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Political Automation

by Eduardo Albrecht
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Book cover type: Paperback
  • ISBN13: 9780197696958
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Subject: N/A
  • Publisher: Oxford University Press Inc
  • Publisher Imprint: Oxford University Press Inc
  • Publication Date:
  • Pages: 296
  • Original Price: INR 995.0
  • Language: English
  • Edition: N/A
  • Item Weight: 384 grams
  • BISAC Subject(s): Comparative Politics, Artificial Intelligence / General, and Public Policy / General

Governments now routinely use AI-based software to gather information about citizens and determine the level of privacy a person can enjoy, how far they can travel, what public benefits they may receive, and what they can and cannot say publicly. What input do citizens have in how these machines think?

In Political Automation, Eduardo Albrecht explores this question in various domains, including policing, national security, and international peacekeeping. Drawing upon interviews with rights activists, Albrecht examines popular attempts to interact with this novel form of algorithmic governance so far. He then proposes the idea of a Third House, a virtual chamber that legislates exclusively on AI in government decision-making and is based on principles of direct democracy, unlike existing upper and lower houses that are representative. Digital citizens, AI powered replicas of ourselves, would act as our personal emissaries to this Third House. An in-depth look at how political automation impacts the lives of citizens, this book addresses the challenges at the heart of automation in public policy decision-making and offers a way forward.

Eduardo Albrecht is Associate Dean at Mercy University, Senior Fellow with the United Nations University's Centre for Policy Research (UNU-CPR), and Adjunct Associate Professor at both City University of New York's (CUNY) Colin Powell School for Civic and Global Leadership and Columbia University's School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA). His research focuses on uses of AI in public decision-making processes. Previously, he served as fellow at the European Institute for Asian Studies (EIAS) and the International Peace Institute (IPI) and worked on projects funded by the World Bank and the British government, leading research teams and gaining direct experience designing innovative AI-based governance tools. His research has been presented at such venues as the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), as well as dozens of academic conferences organized by leading political and social science associations.

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