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UPSC 2024 GS-IV · 10 marks · 150 words

The application of Artificial Intelligence as a dependable source of input for administrative rational decision-making is a debatable issue. Critically examine the statement from the ethical point of view.

प्रशासनिक विवेकपूर्ण निर्णयन हेतु एक विश्वसनीय स्रोत के रूप में कृत्रिम बुद्धिमत्ता का प्रयोग एक विवादास्पद विषय है। नैतिक दृष्टिकोण से इस कथन का समालोचनात्मक परीक्षण कीजिए।

What “Critically examine” demands

examine both sides AND arrive at a reasoned judgement; the criticism must be substantive, not a token final paragraph.

The characteristic failure: balanced description that never commits to a view.

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  • For: consistency against human caprice, scale (welfare targeting), Weberian rationality extended — with named uses (facial recognition in policing, PM-KISAN deduplication)
  • Ethical objections: opacity vs natural justice (reasoned order doctrine), bias laundering (COMPAS/Dutch childcare scandal as canonical cases), accountability vacuum — Art 14 arbitrariness
  • Deontological frame: administrative discretion is a duty that cannot be delegated to an unexplainable system; Kantian respect for persons vs statistical treatment
  • Way out: AI as decision-support not decision-maker, human-in-the-loop, algorithmic audits, NITI's Responsible AI principles
  • A one-line position taken and defended — 'debatable' invites a verdict, not a survey

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