@ai_and_law · Post #670 · 02.10.2025 г., 07:04
🇪🇺Human Oversight in Automated Decision-Making: EDPS Weighs In The European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS) has released a new TechDispatch examining the role and limits of human oversight in automated decision-making technologies (ADMT). The report highlights both the necessity of human involvement and the risks of overestimating its effectiveness. While oversight is often seen as a safeguard against bias, misclassification, and opacity in ADM systems, the EDPS warns that inserting humans into the process does not automatically guarantee fairer or safer outcomes. The paper underscores that flawed assumptions about human involvement can lead to weak or symbolic oversight, risking harm to individuals and undermining fundamental rights such as privacy, non-discrimination, and due process. For oversight to be meaningful, it must be carefully designed, accounting for the complexities of human-machine interaction and ensuring accountability remains with system providers and deployers. The EDPS calls for structured approaches that align oversight practices with ethical standards, societal values, and democratic principles. #AIRegulation#FundamentalRights#EDPS