Justice Mariano-Florentino Cuéllar co-authored an article in The Hill about the “pervasive” use of artificial intelligence in government, citing, among others, facial recognition, autonomous weapons, and tools judges use to make life-changing bail, sentencing, and parole decisions.
Besides Justice Cuéllar, the authors are three law professors. All four of them “led a team of lawyers and computer scientists at Stanford and New York universities to advise federal agencies on how to develop and oversee their new algorithmic toolkit.”
Their conclusion: “this is a pivotal moment for government. Managed well, agency AI use can make the government more efficient, accurate and fair. Managed poorly, AI can widen the public-private technology gap, make agencies more vulnerable and less transparent, and heighten concerns about government arbitrariness and biases that are coursing through American politics.”
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