Questions addressed during the workshop will include:
- To what extent can reason-giving act as a corrective to improper use of automation in the administrative state? Would more stringent enforcement of the duty to give reasons have helped to avoid scandals such as Robodebt?
- Is the use of various forms of generative AI in administrative and legal decision-making compatible with the common law duty to give reasons?
- Is reason-giving a form of explanation, and does the common law duty to give reasons protect the “right to explanation”?
- The extent to which different forms of automated systems are capable of giving effect to the duty to give reasons?
- Insights comparing the approaches of the Netherlands, the UK and Australia to automated decision-making and their duty to give reasons.
Presentations will be given by Yee-Fui Ng (Monash University), Alexandra Sinclair (University of Sydney), Maarten Bouwmeester (University of Groningen), and Rhyle Simcock (QUT).