New Challenges for Accountability: Populism and Algorithmocracy

This article looks at how populism and artificial intelligence systems challenge the functioning of the institutional network of accountability in representative democracies. For the former, populist governments erode accountability; as for the latter, the institutional network fails to make artific...

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Autores: Avaro, Dante, Sánchez y Sánchez, Carlos Luis
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2021
País:México
Institución:UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO
Repositorio:Revista Mexicana de Ciencias Políticas y Sociales
Idioma:español
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/79322
Acceso en línea:https://www.revistas.unam.mx/index.php/rmcpys/article/view/79322
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:rendición de cuentas
democracia
populismo
algoritmos
inteligencia artificial.
accountability
democracy
populism
algorithms
artificial intelligence.
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Sumario:This article looks at how populism and artificial intelligence systems challenge the functioning of the institutional network of accountability in representative democracies. For the former, populist governments erode accountability; as for the latter, the institutional network fails to make artificial intelligence systems accountable. Currently, the available evidence indicates that both processes are independent. However, an eventual overlap would lead to accountability in hitherto unknown places.