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Summary
Governments have access to large amounts of data which they can and often do use to analyse and predict their citizens’ behaviours using artificial intelligence (AI) strategies.
Using artificial intelligence to predict the behaviour of communities can veer close to surveillance. However, the use of applications to track the location of user devices, although always anonymously, has highlighted the need to regulate the use of both artificial intelligence technology and other similar technologies. While this predictive power can be deployed to better design and implement policy, privacy concerns are growing. Solutions could include developing legislation related to AI and behavioural data science to limit potential unethical uses and avoid the non-legitimate or non-lawful use of this technology .
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Governments have access to large amounts of data which they can — and often do — use to analyse and predict their citizens’ behaviours using artificial intelligence (AI) strategies.
ADVERTISEMENT CONTINUE READING BELOWUsing artificial intelligence to predict the behaviour of communities can veer close to surveillance.
One councillor said that AI had helped his town predict outcomes to assist in making better decisions during the recent COVID-19 pandemic.
“The use of artificial intelligence to predict possible infections and deaths has been used with statistical models.
Many questions remain around the risks to citizens’ privacy posed by government use of AI and behavioural data science.
Source
https://www.eastmojo.com/world/2022/10/02/when-governments-use-ai-to-predict-what-the-people-want/
