The Usefulness—and Possible Dangers—of Machine Learning
University of Pennsylvania workshop addresses potential biases in the predictive technique.
Optimizing Government
The Optimizing Government Project brings together scholars and researchers to discuss the use of machine learning by government.
Regulating Automated Financial Advice
Scholars present framework for the regulation of automated advisors in the financial services industry.
Adjudicating by Algorithm, Regulating by Robot
Rather than raising alarm bells, government uses of artificial intelligence fit well within existing legal frameworks.
Deciding Whether Software Will Eat the Bureaucracy
Agencies, policymakers, and the courts can all address the risks associated with cyberdelegation.
Preparing for Cyberdelegation and Its Risks
Automation in the administrative state could upset the relationship between people and their government.
The Surprising Use of Automation by Regulatory Agencies
Agencies’ uses of sophisticated information technologies highlight the possibilities of administrative automation.
Machines as Bureaucrats
New digital technologies promise improvements in government services but raise questions, too.
Artificial Intelligence and the Administrative State
No rubric exists to decide how to navigate the use of automation in the administrative state, but society can make informed choices.
Robot Regulators Could Eliminate Human Error
Scholar examines what a world of regulation by robot might look like—an innovation that could be just around the corner.