Technology & AI

When Algorithms Make Decisions: The Human Accountability Gap

7 min readAccountabilityAIGovernance

This essay is in progress.

As AI systems take on more decision-making roles in organizations, a critical question emerges: who is responsible when the algorithm gets it wrong? The answer has profound implications for how we design and deploy these systems.

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Carla Boyd,

EdD

Exploring the intersection of learning, leadership, and what comes next — through essays on continuous improvement, education, and AI.  Disclaimer:  All views are my personal opinions and thoughts, past, present and future with minor editing using an AI multi-model orchestration layer using a framework Consensus of LLMs (CoL) in collaboration with GoDaddy.com.

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