Keynote: Alison Powell (LSE) Understanding Automated Decisions

Keynote presentation in connection with the first meeting of the national network for automated decision-making in the public sector.

Alison Powell (London School of Economics & Political Science presents findings from the design project Understanding and Explaining Automated Decisions. From the project description:

“Automated decisions including straightforward algorithmic calculations and more complex results of machine learning and other AI techniques can be opaque. This, combined with the risk of bias and injustice resulting from decisions taken at the design stage, and in relation to the data used to train automated systems, means that automated systems can reproduce or intensify inequalities already existing in society. The Understanding Automated Decisions project conducted through a partnership between LSE Media and Communication researchers and designers at technology studio Projects By IF, explored ways to explain automated decision function ex ante and ex post by designing interfaces. We also explored ways to solicit public reflection on the governance and regulation of automated systems.”

The lecture will be held as a webinar via Zoom. To receive the link please email anne.kaun@sh.se.