Abstract
Autonomous and intelligent systems (AIS) facilitate a wide range of beneficial applications across a variety of different domains. However, technical characteristics such as unpredictability and lack of transparency, as well as potential unintended consequences, pose considerable challenges to the current governance infrastructure. Furthermore, the speed of development and deployment of applications outpaces the ability of existing governance institutions to put in place effective ethical-legal oversight. New approaches for agile, distributed and multilevel governance are needed. This work presents a practical framework for multilevel governance of AIS. The framework enables mapping actors onto six levels of decision-making including the international, national and organizational levels. Furthermore, it offers the ability to identify and evolve existing tools or create new tools for guiding the behavior of actors within the levels. Governance mechanisms enable actors to shape and enforce regulations and other tools, which when complemented with good practices contribute to effective and comprehensive governance.
Abstract (translated)
自动驾驶和智能系统（AIS）在各种不同的领域为广泛的利益应用提供了便利。然而，技术的特点，如不可预测性和缺乏透明度，以及潜在的意外后果，给当前的治理基础设施带来了巨大的挑战。此外，应用程序的开发和部署速度超过了现有治理机构实施有效伦理和法律监督的能力。需要新的敏捷、分布式和多层治理方法。本研究提出了一个多层治理AIS的实用框架。该框架允许将行动者映射到包括国际、国家和组织层面在内的六个决策层次。此外，它还提供了识别和演变现有工具或为引导行动者在各个层面行为创建新工具的能力。治理机制使行动者能够塑造和实施法规和其他工具，当与良好实践相结合时，有助于实现有效和全面的治理。
URL
https://arxiv.org/abs/2404.13719
