Autore: Micciarelli, Giuseppe
Titolo: Architettura e logica politica dei Digital twins: un approccio critico e prefigurativo
Periodico: Rivista di Digital Politics
Anno: 2024 - Fascicolo: 3 - Pagina iniziale: 513 - Pagina finale: 535

This article provides a reflection on the general architecture and political logic of Digital twins (Dt), when oriented towards supporting policy making. The extant literature on strategies to limit any negative effects of algorithmic democracy relies mainly on regulations or mechanisms such as codes of ethics, explicability reports and auditing. I will propose an alternative hypothesis, which is to foster political imagination through a methodology of political-legal hacking. This approach is not intended to compromise their objectivity and validation mechanisms; rather, its purpose is to extend their use and co-design to subjects other than decision-makers. To develop this hypothesis, the discussion will encompass the thresholds of ineliminable politicity involved in the displacement of Dt from the original techno-industrial field to that of policy making. The discussion will emphasis the potential risks associated with the objectivity and neutrality that data may project, potentially obscuring their partiality. The paper will emphasise the potential of a prefigurative approach, theorizing the consequences of Dt shifting its focus to the adoption (or non-adoption) of certain policies, and simulating the application of its alternatives. It will also highlight the difficulty of considering certain types of variables involved in this scenario. Finally, the paper will present a policy proposal that could serve as a prototype for this prefigurative strategy using Dt to simulate the ecological impacts of large-scale works, with the aim of producing new material to enhance the deliberative processes of public debate.




SICI: 2785-0072 (2024)3<513:AELPDD>2.0.ZU;2-P
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