Centre for Social Sciences ELKH

Hungarian Academy of Sciences Centre of Excellence

Artificial Intelligence National Laboratory (MILAB)

Online Research Seminar Series

AI and Law

 

Speaker: Rikke Frank Jørgensen, The Danish Institute for Human Rights, Copenhagen

Time: Thursday, 28 April 2022, 10:00 AM CET

In Denmark, the public administration relies heavily on the processing of vast quantities of data about the individual and increasingly uses AI models to identify specific areas of intervention, such as fraud or vulnerability, as part of its decision-making processes. The logic of data analytics and predictions go well in hand with digitalisation policies focused on public sector efficiency but risk undermining citizens right to transparency, privacy, and non-discrimination. Moreover, it shifts the power balance between citizens and public authorities by making citizens ever more transparent, and the decision-making processes still more difficult to challenge.

In the talk, I will present findings from a recent study on automated decision-making in the public sector in Denmark. I will address questions such as: In which ways are citizens right to privacy, non-discrimination, and transparency challenged by automated decision-making? What would a rights-based approach to automation within the public sector entail? and do we need new regulation to ensure that citizens agency and trust are sustained in the digital welfare state?

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The report is available here (in Danish): https://menneskeret.dk/udgivelser/naar-algoritmer-sagsbehandler-rettigheder-retssikkerhed-offentlige-myndigheders-brug

The seminar will be broadcasted via Zoom application. Participation is subject to prior registration. Please contact Kitti Mezei.