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A Preliminary Discussion on Policy Decision Making of AI in The Fourth Industrial Revolution

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  • Abbr : 정보화정책
  • 2019, 26(3), pp.3-35
  • DOI : 10.22693/NIAIP.2019.26.3.003
  • Publisher : NIA
  • Research Area : Social Science > Public Policy
  • Received : January 10, 2019
  • Accepted : March 5, 2019
  • Published : September 30, 2019

Seo Hyung Jun 1

1(재) 인천연구원

Accredited

ABSTRACT

In the fourth industrial revolution age, because of advance in the intelligence information technologies, the various roles of AI have attracted public attention. Starting with Google's Alphago, AI is now no longer a fantasized technology but a real one that can bring ripple effect in entire society. Already, AI has performed well in the medical service, legal service, and the private sector's business decision making. This study conducted an exploratory analysis on the possibilities and issues of AI-driven policy decision making in the public sector. The three research purposes are i) could AI make a policy decision in public sector?; ii) how different is AI-driven policy decision making compared to the existing methods of decision making?; and iii) what issues would be revealed by AI's policy decision making? AI-driven policy decision making is differentiated from the traditional ways of decision making in that the former is represented by rationality based on sufficient amount of information and alternatives, increased transparency and trust, more objective views for policy issues, and faster decision making process. However, there are several controversial issues regarding superiority of AI, ethics, accountability, changes in democracy, substitution of human labor in the public sector, and data usage problems for AI. Since the adoption of AI for policy decision making will be soon realized, it is necessary to take an integrative approach, considering both the positive and adverse effects, to minimize social impact.

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