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Normative Power Europe & AI: How the EU intends to normatively govern artificial intelligence technologies through the Artificial Intelligence Act and its “trustworthy” and “human-centric” approach

Ekdal, Dino LU (2021) STVM23 20211
Department of Political Science
Abstract
Artificial intelligence is expected to be the next paradigm shift in technology, akin to the steam engine or electricity in its universality and all-encompassing impact. Regulating an innovation of this magnitude is important, however challenging, as evidenced by the European Union’s recently proposed Artificial Intelligence Act. This thesis sets out to understand the EU as a normative actor in the field of AI governance, specifically it applies the Normative Power Europe theory to the EU’s “human-centric” AI approach and aims to evaluate this self-claimed normativity. It accomplishes this by using a latent qualitative content analysis of 29 documents from official EU channels. The analysis indicates that the EU is indeed intending to act... (More)
Artificial intelligence is expected to be the next paradigm shift in technology, akin to the steam engine or electricity in its universality and all-encompassing impact. Regulating an innovation of this magnitude is important, however challenging, as evidenced by the European Union’s recently proposed Artificial Intelligence Act. This thesis sets out to understand the EU as a normative actor in the field of AI governance, specifically it applies the Normative Power Europe theory to the EU’s “human-centric” AI approach and aims to evaluate this self-claimed normativity. It accomplishes this by using a latent qualitative content analysis of 29 documents from official EU channels. The analysis indicates that the EU is indeed intending to act the way a normative power would, although with some significant limitations and incoherencies. However, these can be understood as childhood illnesses owing to the novelty of the EU’s approach. A Europe that has the ability to shape what passes as normal in AI governance will be a powerful Europe indeed. (Less)
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author
Ekdal, Dino LU
supervisor
organization
course
STVM23 20211
year
type
H2 - Master's Degree (Two Years)
subject
keywords
Artificial Intelligence, AI, Norms, Normative Power, EU, European Union, AI Act, AI Governance
language
English
id
9063025
date added to LUP
2021-09-29 14:20:02
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2021-09-29 14:20:02
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  abstract     = {{Artificial intelligence is expected to be the next paradigm shift in technology, akin to the steam engine or electricity in its universality and all-encompassing impact. Regulating an innovation of this magnitude is important, however challenging, as evidenced by the European Union’s recently proposed Artificial Intelligence Act. This thesis sets out to understand the EU as a normative actor in the field of AI governance, specifically it applies the Normative Power Europe theory to the EU’s “human-centric” AI approach and aims to evaluate this self-claimed normativity. It accomplishes this by using a latent qualitative content analysis of 29 documents from official EU channels. The analysis indicates that the EU is indeed intending to act the way a normative power would, although with some significant limitations and incoherencies. However, these can be understood as childhood illnesses owing to the novelty of the EU’s approach. A Europe that has the ability to shape what passes as normal in AI governance will be a powerful Europe indeed.}},
  author       = {{Ekdal, Dino}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Normative Power Europe & AI: How the EU intends to normatively govern artificial intelligence technologies through the Artificial Intelligence Act and its “trustworthy” and “human-centric” approach}},
  year         = {{2021}},
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