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LectureDigital Humanism

AI and Democracy

Who decides when algorithmic systems shape public institutions?

A lecture and conversation about transparency, power, and democratic oversight of automated decisions.

Welfare benefits, police deployments, school places: algorithmic systems now prepare decisions that used to rest with public authorities alone. Who can audit these systems, and to whom are they accountable?

Program

  1. Lecture – David Okafor: what “explainable AI” promises and what it delivers

  2. Response – Maya Chen: regulation between EU law and administrative practice

  3. Conversation and audience questions, moderated by Anna Berger

Transparency alone is not oversight. It takes institutions that can do something with what they learn.

The event is streamed live. To attend in person, please register for free.

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