Technical note
Algorithm registers: the cheapest AI policy there is
Key takeaways
- The register enables everything else: scrutiny, audit, appeal, trust. It is infrastructure, not a showcase.
- Two entry tiers avoid the two pathologies: registering nothing because of cost, or registering emptiness for compliance.
- Mandatoriness is not optional: voluntary registers stall among the enthusiasts.
- An entry without an appeal channel is a showcase; due process closes the circuit.
- The first country in the region to publish will set everyone else's standard. Colombia has what it takes, this year.
Five years after the first municipal registers, the tool has evidence, standards, and known errors. No Latin American country has implemented it at national scale. How to do it well — and the five errors that hollow it out.
The full document is currently published in Spanish; an English edition is prepared when demand warrants it. The Spanish record carries the complete summary and contents.