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Algorithmic Governance: opportunities and pitfalls
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What is Algorithmic Governance?
“ The use of software to provide services that have traditionally been the responsibility of public officials.”
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Pros of Algorithmic Governance
Less opportunity for corruptionand nepotism.
Greater efficiency
Lower costs
Greater citizen satisfaction because of above.
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Corruption and nepotism has been endemic to all new democracies.
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Corruption was endemic in the US during the 1800s.
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US political nepotisms was known as the “Spoils System “.
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Regulation was put in the hands of permanent agencies staffed by experts who were chosen based on education and civil service exams rather than political connections.
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In the United States this civil service reform happened in the late 1800s and early 1900s.
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Algorithmic governance may be a way for developing countries to rationalize public services more cheaply and easily than was the case in developed countries.
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Examples of how:
Devices like street light cameras decrease opportunities for bribery.
Use of hiring algorithms for public service positions should decrease potential nepotism and help depoliticize hiring.
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Another problem developing countries face is how to establish clear property rights.
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Block chain decentralized ledgers….
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Citizens as sensors:
Using ubiquitous mobile technology to receive updates on everything from traffic accidents to non-emergency service needs.
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Cons of algorithmic governance.
“Smart cities” can be what Anthony Townsend calls “buggy, brittle, and bugged”.
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Over reliance on software to provide services can result inthose services experiencing the kinds of failures common in“buggy” software.
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Algorithmic systems can also be “brittle” that is easily crashed by unexpected contingencies.
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It is also the case that the more computerized and networked services are the easier it is for them to be “bugged” that is hacked and used for purposes not intended.
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Further words of warning:
Need to be mindful that technology and political action (even when stated goals are achieved) have unintended consequences.
Ex: In US rationalization led to a decline in political participation and legitimacy.
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Beware of what Evgeny Morozov calls “technological solutionism” the idea that an easy technological fix can take the place of long term, difficult political and institutional work.
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Conclusion: algorithmic governance offers developing countries many Opportunities, but needs to be pursued carefully with awareness of its limitations.