Governing by Algorithm: AI in the Public Sector

Abstract

Artificial intelligence is becoming a ‘game changer’ for bureaucracies and public institutions, with public decision-making increasingly exercised through algorithms, including in high-stakes domains like criminal justice or policing. The panel invites papers studying the growing role and implications of AI use in the public sector on themes including: accountability and safeguards on algorithmic decision-making; governance and regulation of AI; regulatory misalignments, gaps and coordination challenges in managing algorithmic decision-making in the public sector; the balance between technical and risk regulatory requirements; how AI is shaping public sector decision-making – its implications for bureaucratic discretion and expertise and public administration, more broadly.

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