The European Approach to Artificial Intelligence Across Geo-Political Models of Digital Governance

EasyChair Preprint 8818

Abstract

Digital technologies are crucial in many high-stakes fields  and should follow the principle of transparency. At the same time, technologies are inescapably value-laden. In fact, values are built into algorithms, technical standards, and protocols. Adopting a geo-political perspective, this paper aims to investigate how the main state actors (i.e., Russia, China, the USA, and Europe) further the advancement of digital technologies in ways that mirror their political, cultural, and societal structures. We propose a comprehensive analysis that encompasses a legal, ethical, and technical assessment. Furthermore, we consider a case within the SoBigData++ research infrastructure as an example of successful synergy of digital technologies and fundamental ethical and legal principles underpinning the European society.

Keyphrases: Artificial Intelligence, Digital Governance, Geo-political Models

@booklet{EasyChair:8818,
  author    = {Jeroen van den Hoven and Giorgia Pozzi and Marc Stauch and Iryna Lishchuk and Francesca Musiani and Josep Domingo-Ferrer and Salvatore Ruggieri and Francesca Pratesi and Roberto Trasarti and Giovanni Comandè},
  title     = {The European Approach to Artificial Intelligence Across Geo-Political Models of Digital Governance},
  howpublished = {EasyChair Preprint 8818},
  year      = {EasyChair, 2022}}