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OACRA | Ch. 1 — The Crossroads of Algorithmic Democracy
Can algorithms govern democratically? That is the question at the heart of Chapter 1 of OACRA.
Through four documented cases with verifiable evidence —COMPAS (USA), SyRI (Netherlands), Internet Courts (China), and Aadhaar (India)— this episode examines how governmental algorithmic systems amplify pre-existing social biases, erode accountability through technical opacity, and concentrate power in unelected elites.
The episode then confronts the four most powerful objections against algorithmic governance —covert technocracy, erosion of popular sovereignty, technological solutionism, and elite capture— responding through democratic theory (Rawls, Habermas, Mouffe).
It also engages critically with the main international regulatory frameworks: the AI Act, NIST AI RMF, ISO 42001, and OECD AI Principles 2024, arguing that their architecture — designed for high-capacity institutional contexts — is insufficient for the Global South.
Central thesis: the fundamental question is not what systems can be deployed, but who controls those who control artificial intelligence.
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📖 OACRA — Algorithmic Office for Enhanced Regulatory Quality
Jesús Bernal Allende | School of Duty-to-Optimize and Sovereignty of Evidence
https://a.co/d/09Xzyoz8
🌐 https://edo-os.com
🔗 https://www.linkedin.com/in/jesus-bernal-allende-030b2795
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By Jesús Bernal AllendeCan algorithms govern democratically? That is the question at the heart of Chapter 1 of OACRA.
Through four documented cases with verifiable evidence —COMPAS (USA), SyRI (Netherlands), Internet Courts (China), and Aadhaar (India)— this episode examines how governmental algorithmic systems amplify pre-existing social biases, erode accountability through technical opacity, and concentrate power in unelected elites.
The episode then confronts the four most powerful objections against algorithmic governance —covert technocracy, erosion of popular sovereignty, technological solutionism, and elite capture— responding through democratic theory (Rawls, Habermas, Mouffe).
It also engages critically with the main international regulatory frameworks: the AI Act, NIST AI RMF, ISO 42001, and OECD AI Principles 2024, arguing that their architecture — designed for high-capacity institutional contexts — is insufficient for the Global South.
Central thesis: the fundamental question is not what systems can be deployed, but who controls those who control artificial intelligence.
—
📖 OACRA — Algorithmic Office for Enhanced Regulatory Quality
Jesús Bernal Allende | School of Duty-to-Optimize and Sovereignty of Evidence
https://a.co/d/09Xzyoz8
🌐 https://edo-os.com
🔗 https://www.linkedin.com/in/jesus-bernal-allende-030b2795