Why worry about decision-making by machine?
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Colleges, School and Institutes
Abstract
This chapter poses a deceptively simple question: what, precisely, are we concerned with when we worry about decision-making by machine? Focusing on fully automated decision-making systems, it suggests that there are three broad sources of ethical anxiety arising from the use of algorithmic decision-making systems: concerns associated with the decision process, concerns about the outputs thereby generated, and concerns associated with the use of such systems to predict and personalize services offered to individuals. The chapter examines each of these concerns, drawing on analytical concepts that are familiar in legal and constitutional scholarship, often used to identify various legal and other regulatory governance mechanisms through which the adverse effects associated with particular actions or activities might be addressed.
Details
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Algorithmic Regulation |
Editors | Karen Yeung, Martin Lodge |
Publication status | Published - 12 Sep 2019 |
Keywords
- machine decision-making, algorithmic regulation, automated decision-making, decision-making systems, regulatory governance