Regulating AI: Critical Issues and Choices

Abstract

This Issue Paper identifies a series of important legal and policy issues that Canadian policymakers should consider when contemplating regulatory framework(s) for AI and ADM systems that aid government decision-making. Governments across the world are increasingly using AI and automated decision-making (ADM) systems to determine government entitlements, prioritize public services, predict policing and support decisions regarding bail and sentencing. This technology promises many benefits, while also raising significant risks to human rights, due process, procedural fairness, access to justice and the trustworthiness of justice-system and government decision-making. The report discusses key choices and options, identifies regulatory gaps, and proposes a comprehensive framework to ensure governments using AI and ADM systems protect human rights, ensure due process and promote public participation.

Keywords: Artificial intelligence, governments, policies, human rights.