Political automation : an introduction to AI in government and its impact on citizens / Eduardo Albrecht.

Table Of Contents” -- “Cover” -- “Title Page” -- “Copyright Page” -- “Dedication Page” -- “Contents” -- “Preface” -- “Acknowledgments” -- “1 Political Machines” -- “2 California” -- “3 The Informatized Body” -- “PHOTO SECTION : VITALS” -- “4 Europe” -- “5 Mechanics of Expression” -- “PHOTO SECTION : EMOTIONS” -- “6 Africa” -- “7 Digitized Biographies” -- “PHOTO SECTION : RELATIONS” -- “8 India” -- “9 The Eye of Nations” -- “PHOTO SECTION : Context” -- “10 Kenya” -- “11 A Third House” -- “Appendix I Further Reading by Scholars” -- “Appendix II Further Reading by Organizations” -- “Index

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.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2018. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.