Video course · 15 chapters · 141 min · certificate
AI in Government: Promises, Perils, and Accountability
Public-sector AI through the lens of accountability: its real promise and failures, why government AI is different (no exit, domination), principles and impact assessments, and responses from Indonesian experts.
What you'll learn
- Describe the promise of public-sector AI
- Analyse real failures of government AI
- Explain why citizens can't exit government AI
- Apply the concept of non-domination
- Use principles and AI impact assessments
- Relate the debate to Indonesia's AI rollout
Chapters
15 chapters · 141:12-
4:30
01Intro Members
Welcome
An international lecture and public discussion on AI in government.
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1:33
02Setup Members
Lecture setup
Structure of the session: lecture, responses and sharing.
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4:59
03Promise Members
The promise of public-sector AI
AI already delivers real benefits in government services.
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4:29
04Perils Members
Risks and failures
When government AI goes wrong, who is accountable and who says sorry?
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2:00
05Local Members
Indonesia's AI context
Indonesia's rollout of AI-assisted social aid with facial recognition, brought close to home.
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3:13
06Theory Members
No exit and non-domination
Unlike private services, citizens can't exit government AI, which creates a distinct risk.
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4:06
07Theory Members
Four channels of domination
Domination is living at the mercy of power you can't question; it depends on the rule of law.
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5:52
08Principles Members
Three factors and four principles
What makes risks worse, and principles to build in, with inclusion as a foundation.
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4:50
09Tools Members
AI impact assessments
Checking systems against principles before they touch people, as an ongoing loop.
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11:46
10Panel Members
Panel response: Iwan
A panelist's response on Indonesian public administration and importing templates.
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12:31
11Panel Members
Panel response: Yudistira
Agreeing that public and private AI differ, and implications for regulation.
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12:58
12Panel Members
Panel response: Deborah
Safeguarding frameworks for AI use, and the ecosystem needed to implement them.
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8:04
13Q&A Members
Q&A round one
Questions on safeguards, ecosystems and implementation.
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26:49
14Q&A Members
Responses to round one
Answers on regulatory incentives, punitive measures and jurisdiction over AI use.
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33:32
15Wrap-up Members
Round two and closing
Final questions, including privacy and opting out, and closing remarks.
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