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I think if the set of rules underpinning an expert system is explicitly written down and available to everyone, and if it is possible to appeal your decision an

• mannykannot 4y ago
  That is a reasonable position, but I don't think things are likely to work out this way. Companies have various more-or-less self-serving reasons to keep their decision-making process hidden. They will persuade policy-makers that unless they are allowed to keep this information 'proprietary', then 'society' (read: themselves) will not be able to reap the benefits of this technology. The next step is that the cost of having humans resolve problems becomes 'prohibitive', so any meaningful process of redress is removed through the use of one-sided 'agreements.' Just look to the big social media companies and telcos to see what can happen when decision-making is automated.