Local governments are using AI without clear rules or policies, and the public has no idea
- Written by Tan Yigitcanlar, Professor of Urban Studies, Technology and Planning, Queensland University of Technology
BNMK 0819/ShutterstockIn 2017, the city of Rotterdam in the Netherlands deployed an artificial intelligence (AI) system to determine how likely welfare recipients were to commit fraud. After analysing the data, the system developed biases: it flagged as “high risk” people who identified as female, young, with kids, and of low...





