Millions in funding allocated to research into ’the algorithmic society’

In the framework of the Gravitation programme, the cabinet is awarding 21.3 million euros to the research project 'The algorithmic society', led by UvA University Professors Natali Helberger and Claes de Vreese. One of the focus points will be on the implications of the growing use of automated decision making and Artificial Intelligence (AI). The use of AI and digital technology in the world around us continues to grow, and that has countless legal, ethical, social and democratic implications. In the project 'The algorithmic society' (ALGOSOC) Helberger and De Vreese, along with fellow researchers within and outside the UvA, investigate how we can safeguard public values and human rights within the development of automated and semi-automated processes, including Artificial Intelligence. Fundamental rights and public values . 'Automated decision making is rapidly becoming a social reality. In all'areas of our life, from health and justice to media and democracy, policy makers and academics alike are grappling with the question whether and how to implement automated decision making within society', says Helberger.