Why a right to explanation of automated decision-making does not exist in the General Data Protection Regulation

Since approval of the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) in 2016, it has been widely and repeatedly claimed that the GDPR will legally mandate a ‘right to explanation’ of all decisions made by automated or artificially intelligent algorithmic systems. This right to explanation is viewed as...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Wachter, S, Mittelstadt, B, Floridi, L
Format: Journal article
Published: Oxford University Press 2017