A Critical Take on the Policy Recommendations of the EU High-Level Expert Group on Artificial Intelligence

European Journal of Risk Regulation 2020 doi:10/ggjdjs

Faculty of Laws University College London Law Research Paper, No. 8, 2019

9 Pages Posted: 10 Nov 2019 Last revised: 26 Jan 2020

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Michael Veale

University College London, Faculty of Laws

Date Written: 2020

Abstract

The European Commission recently published the policy recommendations of its ‘High-Level Expert Group on Artificial Intelligence’: a heavily anticipated document, particularly in the context of the stated ambition of the new Commission President to regulate in that area. This essay argues that these recommendations have significant deficits in a range of areas. It analyses a selection of the Group’s proposals in context of the governance of artificial intelligence more broadly, focusing on issues of framing, representation and expertise, and on the lack of acknowledgement of key issues of power and infrastructure underpinning modern information economies and practices of optimisation.

Keywords: artificial intelligence, high-level expert group, AI ethics, european commission

Suggested Citation

Veale, Michael, A Critical Take on the Policy Recommendations of the EU High-Level Expert Group on Artificial Intelligence (2020). European Journal of Risk Regulation 2020 doi:10/ggjdjs, Faculty of Laws University College London Law Research Paper, No. 8, 2019, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3475449 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3475449

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