title: "Algorithmic Governance: The Black Box Civics"

date: "2026-01-15"

category: "GOVERNANCE"

description: "Critiquing the 'Opaque State'. When AI determines bail, benefits, and borders."

tags: ["#governance", "#ai_ethics", "#law"]

The Unexplainable State

Issue: Explainability (XAI) in Public Policy

Case Study: The 2025 Automated Benefits Scandal

The Shift to Probabilistic Law

Traditional law is binary/deterministic. AI Governance is probabilistic.

* Problem: An algorithm denies a visa with "87% confidence."

* Question: Can the citizen appeal a probability distribution?

We propose a new constitutional amendment: The Right to a Human Audit.

No decision affecting life, liberty, or property can be made solely by an autonomous agent without a traceable decision tree.