AI and its governance
The analysis of policies dedicated to Artificial Intelligence
Artificial intelligence needs to be governed on several levels. This issue is just as important as striking the right balance between the potential of AI and its risks. AI is a theme that lies between the culture of production, awareness, and the rules that organisations must impose on themselves. It is also a rapidly evolving technological phenomenon with radical and disruptive social impacts that require different tools to address. In their book, Politiche dell’intelligenza artificiale. Arene, strategie, poteri’ (Artificial intelligence policies. Arenas, strategies, powers), Ernesto d’Albergo and Giorgio Giovanelli seek to answer the question of the convergences and differentiations that arise when examining AI from the perspective of the instruments used to govern it. The book reconstructs the mutual influences of economic, cultural, and institutional factors, as well as the role played by various social forces, actors, and political systems in the complex field of ‘artificial intelligence policies’.
In answering the underlying question, ‘Who, among governments, businesses, experts, civil society and citizens, exercises power in AI policies, to what extent, and how?’, — d’Albergo and Giovanelli present the results of an analysis of policy strategies focused on various priorities, such as encouraging the development of technological innovation, regulating the trade-off between the potential and risks of AI models and systems, and adopting them for public purposes. The authors then examine the various actors involved, their objectives, and the issues, decisions, and primary policy instruments guiding the development and adoption of AI, whether by prioritising the protection of human and social rights, deregulating its use, or attempting to reconcile the two.
In one of the introductory passages, which provides a synthesis of the authors’ thinking, we read that ‘the politics of AI policies share modes of action, alternative strategic orientations, conflict and conflict management styles with other arenas, such as sustainable development and climate change policies’.
Politiche dell’intelligenza artificiale. Arene, strategie, poteri
Ernesto d’Albergo, Giorgio Giovanelli
Franco Angeli Open Access, 2025
The analysis of policies dedicated to Artificial Intelligence
Artificial intelligence needs to be governed on several levels. This issue is just as important as striking the right balance between the potential of AI and its risks. AI is a theme that lies between the culture of production, awareness, and the rules that organisations must impose on themselves. It is also a rapidly evolving technological phenomenon with radical and disruptive social impacts that require different tools to address. In their book, Politiche dell’intelligenza artificiale. Arene, strategie, poteri’ (Artificial intelligence policies. Arenas, strategies, powers), Ernesto d’Albergo and Giorgio Giovanelli seek to answer the question of the convergences and differentiations that arise when examining AI from the perspective of the instruments used to govern it. The book reconstructs the mutual influences of economic, cultural, and institutional factors, as well as the role played by various social forces, actors, and political systems in the complex field of ‘artificial intelligence policies’.
In answering the underlying question, ‘Who, among governments, businesses, experts, civil society and citizens, exercises power in AI policies, to what extent, and how?’, — d’Albergo and Giovanelli present the results of an analysis of policy strategies focused on various priorities, such as encouraging the development of technological innovation, regulating the trade-off between the potential and risks of AI models and systems, and adopting them for public purposes. The authors then examine the various actors involved, their objectives, and the issues, decisions, and primary policy instruments guiding the development and adoption of AI, whether by prioritising the protection of human and social rights, deregulating its use, or attempting to reconcile the two.
In one of the introductory passages, which provides a synthesis of the authors’ thinking, we read that ‘the politics of AI policies share modes of action, alternative strategic orientations, conflict and conflict management styles with other arenas, such as sustainable development and climate change policies’.
Politiche dell’intelligenza artificiale. Arene, strategie, poteri
Ernesto d’Albergo, Giorgio Giovanelli
Franco Angeli Open Access, 2025