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Fair Play: Notes On The Algorithmic Soccer Referee, Michael J. Madison
Fair Play: Notes On The Algorithmic Soccer Referee, Michael J. Madison
Vanderbilt Journal of Entertainment & Technology Law
The soccer referee stands in for a judge. Soccer’s Video Assistant Referee (VAR) system stands in for algorithms that augment human deciders. Fair play stands in for justice. They are combined and set in a polycentric system of governance, with implications for designing, administering, and assessing human-machine combinations.
“Computer Says No!”: The Impact Of Automation On The Discretionary Power Of Public Officers, Doa A. Elyounes
“Computer Says No!”: The Impact Of Automation On The Discretionary Power Of Public Officers, Doa A. Elyounes
Vanderbilt Journal of Entertainment & Technology Law
The goal of this Article is to unpack the “human in the loop” requirement in the process of automation. It will analyze the impact of automation on street-level bureaucrats and lay out the steps policy makers need to take into account to ensure that meaningful human discretion is maintained. This issue is examined by comparing two algorithms related to the use of automation to detect and investigate fraud in welfare benefits. The first algorithm is used by Michigan’s Unemployment Insurance Agency for detecting and investigating unemployment fraud. This is a draconian algorithm with the ability to automatically decide to cut …