The AOC promotes a reporting model of transparència of the leading artificial intelligence algorithms in the State
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La transparència Algorithmics is a topic of growing importance in our society, as the artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms they are increasingly used to make decisions that affect people's lives.
To ensure the transparència algorithmic, it is essential that AI algorithms can be understood by the people who use and affect them, so that they can understand how a certain decision was reached and why that decision was made; as well as that the algorithms can be reviewed to detect errors or unintentional biases and improve their accuracy.
La transparència It is, therefore, an essential requirement for achieving and maintaining user trust in AI systems, and a crucial issue for promoting the development and responsible, safe and fair use of this technology towards society.
To comply with the requirement of transparència of AI systems used in public administrations The existing regulations do not currently establish any “concrete” legal mechanism or instrument; although the AI Regulation being prepared by the EU Council points out, as a first recommended action, “registering and documenting” the AI systems used by organizations that may be subject to this regulation. The rest of the regulations talk about encouraging the implementation of “mechanisms” so that the algorithms involved in decision-making take into account criteria of transparència, without specifying any; or to publish on its website the list of automated administrative actions (AAA) with information on the rules applied and their operation.
What do we do to ensure the transparència of AI algorithms in the AOC?
As a means to achieve the transparència in the use of AI algorithms, the AOC proposes the publication on the Portal of Transparència of understandable cards for each algorithm used.
This is a pioneering initiative of transparència algorithmic in the public sector of Catalonia and the State.
This initiative aims to be a tool for:
Provide users with an overview of the algorithmic systems used in the AOC, including information on the characteristics and results of their operation, the risks and biases that have been identified and the measures that have been applied to correct them , and the body before which particular decisions can be appealed or its general operation challenged.
Make it easy for everyone to give their opinion and participate in the creation of people-centered algorithms.
Thus, for each AI algorithm employed in the AOC's digital administration services, we will make a fact sheet with general information about the purpose and operation of the algorithm, and then give more detailed technical information. There will also be the ability to submit feedback to help the development team make the algorithms we use better, fairer, and more accountable.
Below you can consult the first sheet of the initiative published on our Portal. TransparènciaThis is the profile of the conversational chatbots that we apply to the VALid services, idCat Certificate and, soon, on the Portal itself Transparència.
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The register of transparència of artificial intelligence algorithms has been mainly inspired by the excellent practical experiences of city registries inAmsterdam and from Helsinki who were in chargeeres to Europe.
