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Studia Iuridica

Social control of public administration: Twilight or renaissance? Observations in the context of the administration performed through the algorithms

2021, 89, No. 1

Jacek Piecha

0000-0003-3667-1765

Warsaw University

DOI

10.31338/2544-3135.si.2022-89.14

Publication date

02.05.2022

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open access

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CC BY 4.0 Int.

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Law

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law

Language of publication

English

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Abstract

This article aims to analyse whether the social control over the administration will play any important role when the administration is going to be performed through the Artificial Intelligence algorithms. It seems that currently this method of controlling the administration is important to ensure that the administration is still integrated into a democratic state ruled by law. However, applying the Artificial Intelligence in the administration process may lead to the situation where the transparency of administrative process is significantly reduced. This may be due to the nature of algorithms. The humans are not able to “decode” or recreate the way the algorithm investigates and solves the given problem. Therefore there is a risk that democratic state may turn into the “technological anocracy” or even into the “technological authoritarianism”. In addition, reckless use of Artificial Intelligence in the administrative process may reverse the values of administrative law itself understood as the law which protects an individual against the abuse of administrative authority. The paper contains also the suggestions in changing the way of exercise the social control over the administration to ensure the democratic standards in the administrative process.

Keywords:

Artificial Intelligence,administration,administrative process,social control,technological authoritarianism,sztuczna inteligencja,administracja,administrowanie,kontrola społeczna,autorytaryzm technologiczny

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