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AUC IURIDICA, Vol 70 No 2 (2024), 133–143
Artificial Public Administration – Myth or Reality?
Richard Pomahač
DOI: https://doi.org/10.14712/23366478.2024.27
published online: 23. 05. 2024
abstract
The computerization of public administration tasks is a reality. In contrast, the intelligence of public administration is shrouded in myths. For many decades, administrative science has contributed to the clarification of this distinction. Digital constitutionalism and technology-oriented administrative law doctrine have recently been added to this research. The basic regulations, proposed and adopted within individual states, in the European Union and in international organizations, whether it concerns the protection of personal data, cyber security, or artificial intelligence, do establish new tasks for public administration, but they affect methods rather than forms of administrative activity. Emerging technology raises concerns about the ability to understand artificial reasoning and its methods of classification, personalization, and prediction. It is questionable to assume that all actions can be quantified and thus everything becomes objective. Technology compounds the situation and has its own imperative.
keywords: artificial public administration; digital constitutionalism; algorithmic processing; big data; surveillance; transparency; right to human decision
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