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Accountability in Brazilian Artificial Intelligence Regulation from the Algorithmic Impact Assessment

“…Technology can be perceived as any artifact or system facilitating the conversion of inputs into results, thereby altering the productive environment 51 , or a spectrum of tools and devices used to modify or adapt the social environment 52 logical governance, altering reality based on inputs and results. Instrumentality relationships manifest in the utilisation of technology to optimise the exercise of state functions 56 . Within incentive relationships, the State mandates or encourages the adoption of specific technology 57 , achieved through resource allocation in technological innovations 58 , the integration of technologies in the private sector resulting from state development, or the imposition of technological standards in specific societal sectors or economic agents.…”

“…In standardisation relations, technology becomes the object of the State's regulatory power, within its normative competences 59 . Technology regulation, according to Moses 60 , involves regulating the sociotechnological environment, serving as the legal response to influencing the form of socio-technological contexts.…”

“…The regulatory connection challenge pertains to the incompatibility between new market practices and the previously established regulatory environment 64 . Regulatory disconnection can result from a regulatory void or the detachment of technology from the existing regulatory framework 65 . The challenges associated with the 'Collingridge dilemma' align with Collingridge's exploration 66 of the appropriate timing for state action or omission to be effective without limiting the potential of technology.…”

“…Interpretative flexibility prevails in the initial stages of a given technology's development, favouring preambular regulation 67 . Conversely, a technology already consolidated in the market becomes less receptive to regulatory arrangements, stabilising in the so-called closing phase 68 .…”