Ethical plateaus in Danish Child Protection Services: The rise and demise of algorithmic models

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Abstract

This paper analyses how controversies shape an emerging field of AI in Danish child protection services. In a context of high controversiality, we examine how algorithmic systems evolve in conjunction with changing ethical stakes. Empirically, we report a study comprising all Danish attempts (n=4) to develop algorithmic models for child protection services. These attempts were never fully implemented and have been either cancelled, paused or changed significantly since their outset. Combining the notion of ‘ethical plateaus’ with insights from valuation studies, we propose that public controversies shape how organisations enact their algorithms as ethically ‘good’. Our findings demonstrate how valuations of ethically contestable algorithms involve the very distribution of agency across humans and algorithms, i.e., how much power and agency should be delegated to algorithmic models. In the case of Danish child protection services, this moves towards reducing their agency.

OriginalsprogEngelsk
TidsskriftScience and Technology Studies
Vol/bind37
Nummer3
Sider (fra-til)44-61
Antal sider18
ISSN2243-4690
DOI
StatusUdgivet - 2024

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