News and Research articles on Social benefit provision

Volume 13, Issue 3

Balancing efficiency and public interest: The impact of AI automation on social benefit provision in Brazil

Maria Alejandra Nicolás, Federal University of Latin American Integration
Rafael Cardoso Sampaio, Federal University of Paraná
PUBLISHED ON: 30 Sep 2024 DOI: 10.14763/2024.3.1799

The Brazilian Social Security Management Office's AI system reduces the waiting list but increases automatic refusals, harming beneficiaries and increasing inequality in the delivery of public services to the poorest and elderly people.

KEYWORDS: Artificial intelligence, Public interest, Governance, Social benefit provision, Brazil
Volume 13, Issue 3

Public value in the making of automated and datafied welfare futures

Doris Allhutter, Austrian Academy of Sciences
Anila Alushi, University of Leipzig
Rafaela Cavalcanti de Alcântara, Austrian Academy of Sciences
Maris Männiste, Södertörn University
Christian Pentzold, University of Leipzig
Sebastian Sosnowski, Polish Academy of Sciences
PUBLISHED ON: 30 Sep 2024 DOI: 10.14763/2024.3.1803

This article considers the public value of automated and datafied welfare and uses the capability approach, buen vivir, and data justice to explore the relation between the procedural and normative components of emerging infrastructures of welfare.

KEYWORDS: Datafication, Public value, Data justice, Social benefit provision, Public sector