| Abstract： |
The deep integration of algorithmic decision-making and public administration has spawned a new administrative model of algorithmic administration. The government power structure has undergone adaptive changes under the new administrative model, and the discretion of public officials has shown a trend of flowing to the algorithm. From the perspective of power allocation, this paper analyzes the impact of algorithmic administration on the discretion of public officials from the two dimensions of positive regulation and negative restriction. On the one hand, the algorithm embedded in the field of public governance will enable the public sector and public officials to divide and transfer discretion based on the logic of technical execution. The decision-making model based on ' technology neutrality ' has a positive regulatory effect on the abuse of discretion. On the other hand, excessive power transfer and the power grabbing of algorithmic shadow bureaucrats will have a negative limiting effect on the discretion of public officials. The subjectivity of public officials will gradually fade and become screen bureaucrats, and the discretionary accountability mechanism will also be affected by the ambiguity of power and responsibility. On this basis, this paper puts forward the path of realizing power restriction and dynamic balance among multiple subjects. Starting from the three dimensions of discretion division, transfer and grab, we can find the "intersubjectivity" among public departments, public officials and algorithms, which can not only effectively play the instrumental value of algorithms, but also avoid the dominant position of public departments and public officials from being overhead. |
