arXiv AI

Governing Well in the Algorithmic Age: The Foundations of Digital Statecraft

arXiv:2607. 18483v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: The digital substrate of states -- data, algorithms, infrastructure, platforms, applications -- is being governed without adequate conceptual foundations.

arXiv AI
Jun 12

Algorithmic Constitutionalism

arXiv:2606. 12437v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: The increasing encroachment of artificial intelligence (AI) on social life raises significant risks for society, particularly within the infospheres created and controlled by companies such as Google, Facebook, Apple, and Amazon.

By Oren Perez, Nurit Wimer
arXiv AI
Jul 8

Constitutional Governance in Metric Spaces

arXiv:2605. 13362v3 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: Computational social choice and algorithmic decision theory offer rich aggregation theory but no end-to-end process for egalitarian self-governance: aggregation, deliberation, amendment, and consensus are each considered in isolation, with key metric-space aggregators being NP-hard.

By Ehud Shapiro, Nimrod Talmon
arXiv AI
2d ago

Architecture Without an Architect? Global Governance of Artificial Intelligence in a Divided World

The essay reviews Matthijs Maas’s framework for global AI governance, highlighting the rapid, border‑less development of AI and the fragmented, non‑binding international responses. It argues that governance cannot rely on a single institutional blueprint but must account for the varied powers of states, international bodies, and private firms. The central challenge is shaping an evolving architecture amid actors with differing incentives and no shared plans.

By Simon Chesterman
arXiv Machine Learning
Sep 11

From Protocols to Evidence: Bounded Claims for AI in Service of the Common Good

The paper argues that AI should be evaluated not only by principles but by concrete protocols that translate commitments into roles, requirements, records, oversight, and assessment. It introduces a rupture test linking institutional baselines to system evaluation, and distinguishes evidence‑bounded deployment from measurement‑bounded governance. The authors propose the RISE AI architecture to make bounded, evidence‑based claims about Responsibility, Inclusivity, Safety, and Empowerment, emphasizing the need for engineering, institutional repair, and ongoing moral judgment.

By Nitesh V. Chawla, Paulo Benanti
arXiv AI
Jun 26

The Governance Inversion Hypothesis: Why More AI Regulation May Produce Less Organisational Control

arXiv:2606. 26117v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: This paper introduces the Governance Inversion Hypothesis (GIH) to explain a growing paradox in artificial intelligence (AI) governance: under conditions of increasing regulatory expansion and technological complexity, organisations may become more formally governed while simultaneously experiencing a decline in operational control over AI systems.

By Victor Frimpong
arXiv AI
Aug 10

Agentic AI: User Empowerment or Enclosure?

arXiv:2608. 06510v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Agentic AI promises a more flexible form of digital agency: systems that can act on users' behalf, from filtering content to negotiating prices to selecting services.

By David Gamba, Daniel M. Romero, Grant Schoenebeck