A Systematic Assessment of National Artificial Intelligence Policies: Perspectives from the Nordics and Beyond
Abstract
Echoing the evolving interest and impact of artificial intelligence on society, governments are increasingly looking for ways to strategically position themselves as both innovators and regulators in this new domain. One of the most explicit and accessible ways in which governments outline these plans is through national strategy and policy documents. We follow a systematic search strategy to identify national AI policy documents across twenty-five countries. Through an analysis of these documents, including topic modelling, clustering, and reverse topic-search, we provide an overview of the topics discussed in national AI policies and contrast the differences between countries. Furthermore, we analyse the frequency of eleven ethical principles across our corpus. Our paper outlines implications of the differences between geographical and cultural clusters in relation to the future development of artificial intelligence applications.
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- Authors
- van Berkel, N., Papachristos, E., Giachanou, A., Hosio, S., & Skov, M. B.
- Affiliations
- Aalborg University, Denmark
- Aalborg University (DK)
- Universitat Politècnica de València (ES)
- University of Oulu (FI)
- Venue
- Proceedings of the 11th Nordic Conference on Human-Computer Interaction: Shaping Experiences, Shaping Society
- Publisher
- ACM
- Published
- 2020-10-25
- Pages
- 1-12
- OpenAlex
- W3095727673
- Cited by
- 51
- References
- 36
- Citations by year
- 2026: 7 · 2025: 7 · 2024: 10 · 2023: 9 · 2022: 7 · 2021: 10 · 2020: 1
- FWCI
- 7.00
- Type
- conference paper
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Nordic Conference on Human-Computer Interaction (publishedVersion)
- VBN Forskningsportal (Aalborg Universitet) (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Safety Research › Ethics and Social Impacts of AI
- Social Sciences › Law › Digitalization, Law, and Regulation
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Innovation, Sustainability, Human-Machine Systems
- Keywords
- AI governance, AI regulation, AI ethics, ethical principles, cross-national comparison, Nordic countries
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