{"id":279485,"date":"2026-06-23T09:28:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-23T13:28:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/23\/ai-as-arbitrary-intelligence-center-for-progressive-reform\/"},"modified":"2026-06-23T09:30:10","modified_gmt":"2026-06-23T13:30:10","slug":"ai-as-arbitrary-intelligence-center-for-progressive-reform","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/23\/ai-as-arbitrary-intelligence-center-for-progressive-reform\/","title":{"rendered":"AI as \u201cArbitrary\u201d Intelligence – Center for Progressive Reform"},"content":{"rendered":"

AI as \u201cArbitrary\u201d Intelligence – Center for Progressive Reform<\/a><\/p>\n

https:\/\/progressivereform.org\/cpr-blog\/ai-as-arbitrary-intelligence\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Publish Date: 2026-06-23 09:28:00<\/a><\/p>\n

Source Domain: progressivereform.org<\/a><\/p>\n

This commentary was originally published by The Regulatory Review.<\/p>\n

The Arkansas Department of Health Services hired a software company in 2016 to build an algorithm to automate the process of assessing disabled patients\u2019 needs. The program failed spectacularly. For example, the algorithm reduced an amputee\u2019s level of home care because the patient had no \u201cfoot problems.\u201d Overall, the program negatively affected nearly half of Arkansas Medicaid recipients.<\/p>\n

Artificial intelligence (AI) is now used widely in the federal government. According to the U.S. Government Accountability Office, use cases of AI in the federal government doubled \u2014 and for generative AI, increased nine-fold \u2014 from 2023 to 2024. With this growing use of AI, the risk of systematic errors with potentially harmful consequences, such as those in Arkansas, may increase. Similar issues have already occurred at the state level in Idaho, Texas, Michigan, and Wisconsin, as well as at the federal level at the Department of Homeland Security.<\/p>\n

The Trump administration has reportedly signaled its intent to introduce AI into the rulemaking process. It is unclear whether and how agencies might rely on AI-generated information to inform regulatory decisions. But this development raises key administrative law questions \u2014 particularly as horror stories like those in Arkansas become more common.<\/p>\n

Legal scholars have long recognized the challenges judges face when enforcing the Administrative Procedure Act\u2019s bar on \u201carbitrary and capricious\u201d decision-making \u2014 which requires that a government agency engage in reasoned decision-making \u2014 but these scholars have assumed that the decisionmakers under review are humans. Issues raised by AI may exceed the limits of existing administrative law doctrines. This creates a legal problem under the Administrative Procedure Act, which compels courts to hold unlawful and set aside agency action found to be arbitrary and capricious.<\/p>\n

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