Automated decision-making
The 'CIOB Artificial Intelligence (AI) Playbook 2024', glossary of terms, published by the Chartered Institute of Building(CIOB) describes automated decision-making) as 'A term that the Office for AI, within the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology, refers to in an Ethics, Transparency and Accountability Framework for Automated decision-making as “both solely automated decisions (no human judgement involved) and automated assisted decision-making (assisting human judgement).” AI systems are increasingly being used by the public and private sector for automated decision-making.'
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