Recommendations for Government Development and Use of Advanced Automated Systems to Make Decisions about Individuals
<|reference_start|>Recommendations for Government Development and Use of Advanced Automated Systems to Make Decisions about Individuals: Contestability -- the ability to effectively challenge a decision -- is critical to the implementation of fairness. In the context of governmental decision making about individuals, contestability is often constitutionally required as an element of due process; specific procedures may be required by state or federal law relevant to a particular program. In addition, contestability can be a valuable way to discover systemic errors, contributing to ongoing assessments and system improvement.   On January 24-25, 2024, with support from the National Science Foundation and the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, we convened a diverse group of government officials, representatives of leading technology companies, technology and policy experts from academia and the non-profit sector, advocates, and stakeholders for a workshop on advanced automated decision making, contestability, and the law. Informed by the workshop's rich and wide-ranging discussion, we offer these recommendations. A full report summarizing the discussion is in preparation.<|reference_end|>
@article{landau2024recommendations,
    title={Recommendations for Government Development and Use of Advanced Automated
  Systems to Make Decisions about Individuals},
    author={Susan Landau, James X. Dempsey, Ece Kamar, Steven M. Bellovin},
    journal={arXiv preprint arXiv:2403.01649},
    year={2024},
    archivePrefix={arXiv},
    eprint={2403.01649},
    primaryClass={cs.CY cs.AI}
}