Politics and policy of Artificial Intelligence

Inga Ulnicane; Tero Erkkilä

doi:10.1111/ropr.12574

Politics and policy of Artificial Intelligence

Inga Ulnicane^*, Tero Erkkilä

^*Corresponding author for this work

Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences

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Abstract

While recent discussions about Artificial Intelligence (AI) as one of the most powerful technologies of our times tend to portray it as a predominantly technical issue, it also has major social, political and cultural implications. So far these have been mostly studied from ethical, legal and economic perspectives, while politics and policy have received less attention. To address this gap, this special issue brings together nine research articles to advance the studies of politics and policy of AI by identifying emerging themes and setting out future research agenda. Diverse but complementary contributions in this special issue speak to five overarching themes: understanding the AI as co-shaped by technology and politics; highlighting the role of ideas in AI politics and policy; examining the distribution of power; interrogating the relationship between novel technology and continuity in politics and policy; and exploring interactions among developments at local, national, regional and global levels. This special issue demonstrates that AI policy is not an apolitical field that can be dealt with just by relying on knowledge and expertise but requires an open debate among alternative views, ideas, values and interests.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	612-625
Number of pages	14
Journal	Review of Policy Research
Volume	40
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/ropr.12574
Publication status	Published - 4 Sept 2023

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Funding Information:
Inga Ulnicane's work on this special issue has been supported by funding from the EU's Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Programme under the grant agreement 945539 (HBP SGA3). Tero Erkkilä's research was supported by the Strategic Research Council at the Academy of Finland [grant numbers 345950 and 345953] and Academy of Finland [grant number 354866].

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© 2023 Policy Studies Organization.

Keywords

Artificial Intelligence
emerging technology
governance
policy
politics
power

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Sociology and Political Science
Public Administration
Political Science and International Relations
Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law

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