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A Global South perspective for ethical algorithms and the State

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We explore the intersection between algorithms and the State from the perspectives of legislative action, public perception and the use of AI in public administration. Taking India as a case study, we discuss the potential fallout from the absence of rigorous scholarship on such questions for countries in the Global South.

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The authors are grateful for financial support for their research from a collaborative research grant awarded jointly by the Indian Institute of Technology Delhi and National Law University Delhi.

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  1. School of Public Policy, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, New Delhi, India

    Nandana Sengupta

  2. National Law University, Delhi, India

    Vidya Subramanian

  3. Department of Economics, University of Warwick, Coventry, UK

    Anwesh Mukhopadhyay

  4. National Law School of India University, Bengaluru, India

    Arul George Scaria

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Sengupta, N., Subramanian, V., Mukhopadhyay, A. et al. A Global South perspective for ethical algorithms and the State. Nat Mach Intell 5, 184–186 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s42256-023-00621-9

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