[Air-L] Invitation: ‘Automated Republic’ – Interrogating Government Use of Automated Decision-Making Systems

[Divij Joshi]

Hello,

Divij Joshi (Mozilla Fellow) and the Centre for Internet and Society,
India, are organising the event ‘Automated Republic’, on *Friday, December
18*, *from 1030 - 1300 UTC, *to convene discussions on the implications of
automated decision-making systems employed by governments. Join us to
understand how these systems may conflict with important constitutional and
legal values, and to build an agenda for challenging the harms that they
may cause.

The event will include the public *launch and discussion of ‘The AI
Observatory’,* an open, interactive toolkit for interrogating and
challenging consequential automated decision-making systems in India. The
project documents and explores how government agencies in India are
utilising automated decision-making systems, what harms and risk they pose,
and explores participatory accountability for such systems.

It will be followed by a discussion on *‘Algorithmic Accountability in
Practice’,* where panelists will share their experiences and practices on
methods for understanding and resisting harmful algorithmic systems. The
discussion will bring together activists, journalists and lawyers to
discuss their experiences in how to understand algorithmic accountability
in the present context of the use of automated decision-making systems by
governments around the world.

The detailed schedule is below:

*4:00 PM – 5:00 PM IST (1030 – 1130 UTC): *Discussion on ‘AI Observatory’ –
A Toolkit to investigate Automated Decision-Making in India

Panelists: Vidushi Marda (Article 19), Padmini Ray Murray (Design Beku),
Arindrajit Basu (Centre for Internet and Society) moderated by Divij Joshi
(Mozilla Fellow)

*5:15 PM – 6:30 PM IST (1145 – 1300 UTC):* Panel on Algorithmic
Accountability in Practice

Panelists: Anton Ekker (Independent Legal Practitioner), Cori Crider
(Foxglove, UK), Matthias Spielkamp (Algorithm Watch), Vrinda Bhandari
(Independent Legal Practitioner), Divij Joshi moderated by Arindrajit Basu
(CIS)

For details, email: pranav at cis-india.org. Registration link:
https://bit.ly/37SmWu8

A live-stream will be available here
<https://hasgeek.com/cisindia/automated-republic-interrogating-government-use-of-automated-decision-making-systems/>
.

Please do share the invite with anyone who may find this relevant to their
research and practice.

Best,

divij