Governments are rushing to embrace AI. They should think twice

By Akhil Bhardwaj, Associate Professor (Strategy and Organisation), School of Management, University of Bath

Governments across the world want AI to do more of the heavy lifting when it comes to public services. The plan is apparently to make make things much more efficient, as algorithms quietly handle a country’s day to day admin.

For example, AI might help tackle tax fraud, by working out ways of targeting those most likely to be offending. Or it might be to help public health services screen for various cancers, triaging cases at scale and flagging those deemed most at risk.

But what…

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