Oral question asked in the House of Lords, by Lord Clement-Jones (Liberal Democrat). It was answered on Monday, 4 December 2023.
Artificial Intelligence: Regulation
- Question
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My Lords, the Government have just conducted a whole summit about the risks of AI, so why in the new data protection Bill are they weakening the already limited legal safeguards that currently exist to protect individuals from AI systems making automated decisions about them in ways that could lead to discrimination or disadvantage? Is this not perverse even by this Government’s standards?
- Answer
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I do not think “perverse” is justified. GDPR Article 22 addresses automated individual decision-making, but, as I am sure the noble Lord knows, the DPDI Bill recasts Article 22 as the right to specific safeguards rather than a general prohibition on automated decision-making, so that subjects have to be informed about it and can seek a human review of decisions. It also defines meaningful human involvement.
Secondary information
- Type
- Oral question
- Reference
- 834 c1273
- Session
- 2023-24
- Oral question type
- Supplementary
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- House of Lords chamber
- Subjects
- Regulation Artificial intelligence
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