http://dx.doi.org/10.17176/20220402-011324-0 https://verfassungsblog.de/roa-thoughts-on-the-black-box/ Thoughts on the Black Box: Getting to Cooperative Intelligence in Public Administration Livingston Slosser, Jacob Palmer Olsen, Henrik Hildebrandt, Thomas eng 2022-04-01 electronic resource text/html ddc:342 Administrative Decision-making Algorithmic Decision-making Artificial Intelligence Rule of the Algorithm Turing test Verfassungsblog Verfassungsblog--2366-7044 CC BY-SA 4.0 The requirement of explanation for administrative decisions can be found, in one guise or another, in most legal systems. This requirement is a positive obligation on decision-makers in public administrative bodies (among others) to provide the legal basis for their decision. With the continuing growth of artificial intelligence/machine learning technologies being used to streamline administrative decision-making, providing for a right to explanation from black box algorithmic decision-making systems is not a straightforward endeavor.