In our new paper, we look at 50+ years of GAO reports to understand how administrative use of algorithms has changed the scope of legitimate practices within federal agencies, even when agency algorithms (unlike prior forms of state quantification) are seen as undermining legitimacy.

Big Data & Society@bigdatasoc.bsky.social · 3mo ago

✨ New in Big Data & Society ✨ “Legitimacy practices, algorithms, and the new bureaucratic quantification” by @aminaabdu.bsky.social and @azjacobs.bsky.social. 🔓: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/.... #legitimacy #quantification #algorithmicgovernance

Considering developments in Michigan as a case study, Nathan Kim and Ira Anwar say current state incentives for data centers reflect a false binary between new jobs and detrimental community impacts.

Michigan Offers Handouts for Data Centers Promising Jobs. Will Those Jobs Come? | TechPolicy.Press

Nathan Kim and Ira Anwar say current state incentives for data centers reflect a false binary between new jobs and detrimental community impacts.

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I'll be talking about our work on the Census Bureau's public engagement around differential privacy tomorrow morning alongside lots of other exciting presentations. Come check it out on Zoom!

Tim Davies@timdavies.org.uk · 2y ago

The first part of the Participatory AI Research & Practice Symposium (PAIRS25) is coming up on 30th Jan from 2pm - 4pm UTC via Zoom. 10+ presentations of cutting edge and critical perspectives on democratic public inputs to AI development and governance. Info and registration: pairs25.notion.site