Life and the law in the era of data-driven agency

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Life and the law in the era of data-driven agency

edited by Mireille Hildebrandt, Kieron O'Hara

Edward Elgar, c2020

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This ground-breaking and timely book explores how big data, artificial intelligence and algorithms are creating new types of agency, and the impact that this is having on our lives and the rule of law. Addressing the issues in a thoughtful, cross-disciplinary manner, the authors examine the ways in which data-driven agency is transforming democratic practices and the meaning of individual choice. Leading scholars in law, philosophy, computer science and politics analyse the latest innovations in data science and machine learning, assessing the actual and potential implications of these technologies. They investigate how this affects our understanding of such concepts as agency, epistemology, justice, transparency and democracy, and advocate a precautionary approach that takes the effects of data-driven agency seriously without taking it for granted. Scholars and students of law, ethics and philosophy, in particular legal, political and democratic theory, will find this book a compelling and invaluable read, as will computer scientists interested in the implications of their own work. It will also prove insightful for academics and activists working on privacy, fairness and anti-discrimination. Contributors include: J.E. Cohen, G. de Vries, S. Delacroix, P. Dumouchel, C. Ess, M. Garnett, E.H. Gerding, R. Gomer, C. Graber, M. Hildebrandt, C. Maple, K. O'Hara, P. Ohm, m.c. schraefel, D. Stevens, N. van Dijk, M. Veale

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Contents: Preface xii 1. Introduction: Life and the law in the era of data-driven agency 1 Mireille Hildebrandt and Kieron O'Hara 2. Between the editors 16 Kieron O'Hara and Mireille Hildebrandt PART I 3. Data-driven agency and knowledge 45 Paul Dumouchel 4. The emergent limbic media system 60 Julie E. Cohen 5. Smart technologies and our sense of self: Going beyond epistemic counter-profiling 80 Sylvie Delacroix and Michael Veale 6. Rethinking transparency for the Internet of Things 100 m.c. schraefel, Richard Gomer, Enrico Gerding and Carsten Maple 7. From the digital to a post-digital era? 117 Charles Ess PART II 8. Do digital technologies put democracy in jeopardy? 135 Gerard de Vries 9. In defence of 'Toma': Algorithmic enhancement of a sense of justice 156 David Stevens 10. The conservative reaction to data-driven agency 175 Kieron O'Hara and Mark Garnett 11. Artificial intelligence, affordances and fundamental rights 194 Christoph B. Graber 12. Throttling machine learning 214 Paul Ohm 13. In the hall of masks: Contrasting modes of personification 230 Niels van Dijk RESPONSE 14. Life and the law in the era of machine agency 253 Mireille Hildebrandt Index 265

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