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The use of artificial intelligence has the potential to weaken democratic accountability for consequential national security choices.
The Double Black Box explores how policymakers, military and intelligence officials, and lawyers in democratic states can reap the advantages of new technologies without surrendering their public law values.
List of contents
- Introduction
- PART I. THE PROBLEM
- 1: The National Security Black Box
- 2: The Algorithmic Black Box
- 3: The Double Black Box
- PART II. UNPACKING THE DOUBLE BLACK BOX
- 4: Using Traditional Checks in the U.S. System
- 5: Using Nontraditional Checks
- 6: The Hurdles to International Regulation
- Conclusion: The Future of the Double Black Box
About the author
Ashley S. Deeks is the Class of 1948 Professor of Scholarly Research in Law at the University of Virginia Law School and a Faculty Senior Fellow at the Miller Center. She is an elected member of the American Law Institute, a member of the State Department's Advisory Committee on International Law, and a contributing editor to the Lawfare blog. In 2021-22 she worked as the Deputy Legal Advisor at the National Security Council. Before joining UVA, she served for ten years in the U.S. State Department's Office of the Legal Adviser. She graduated with honors from the University of Chicago Law School and clerked on the Third Circuit Court of Appeals.
Summary
The use of artificial intelligence has the potential to weaken democratic accountability for consequential national security choices. The Double Black Box explores how policymakers, military and intelligence officials, and lawyers in democratic states can reap the advantages of new technologies without surrendering their public law values.
