The debate on generative AI seems stuck, circling around questions of cheating, authenticity and technology. It is often framed in overtly moralistic terms, where the focus lies on when and how one is “allowed” to use it for text production. Yet the more decisive question concerns something else: what happens to judgement, understanding and responsibility when people choose to outsource their own thinking? Of course one should use generative AI, but … Is it acceptable to use generative AI to write texts? And if so, when and in what way? Are you “authentic” if you let AI generate a text…
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Automated Responsibility — When Systems Replace Judgement
On technology, governance and the erosion of responsibility in digitalised societies.
As decisions, processes and assessments become increasingly automated, the distribution of responsibility changes as well. What once depended on professional judgement or human evaluation is now embedded in systems, models and technological infrastructures. This project examines what happens when responsibility is no longer carried by someone, but by something.
Automated Responsibility explores how digitalisation, artificial intelligence and technological systems are used to increase efficiency while simultaneously enabling subtle forms of responsibility shifting. When decisions can be attributed to algorithms, processes or external suppliers, it becomes increasingly difficult to identify who is actually accountable when things go wrong.
The project operates at the intersection of technology, administration and ethics. It analyses how technical solutions are often presented as neutral or inevitable, despite being profoundly political in their consequences. The focus is on the public sector, welfare systems and large organisations, where technology does not merely support operations but actively shapes their underlying logic.
This is a project about governance in the digital age and about the need to restore responsibility, judgement and human presence within systems that might otherwise become self-legitimising.
A discontinued preliminary investigation into sexual harassment has sparked strong reactions. When an offence does not lead to prosecution, the victim is often given a brief explanation: it cannot be proven. Yet in an era in which the justice system is simultaneously investing in powerful analytical tools capable of mapping connections across vast datasets, a question of legitimacy arises. How is the citizen to understand and relate to the distinction between serious investigative failure, prioritisation, and negligence when it is never clarified? “Over the course of a single day, a man repeatedly sent me (grossly) sexual images and video clips,…
When one of Sweden’s most security-critical authorities seeks expertise in American cloud technology, it reveals more than a simple recruitment need. Open sources, legal dependencies and geopolitics intertwine to form an uncomfortable question: just how sovereign is our digital preparedness? “Do you want to make a difference to society and contribute to Sweden’s independence in the world? We are now looking for an Azure technician with a focus on the development, operation and management of FRA’s cloud solutions. Does this sound like something for you? Apply now!” This is the wording of an advertisement issued by the National Defence Radio…