While AI has the potential to improve the efficiency of certain government functions, it often comes at the expense of the people. Visas, often annoying forms which take both times to apply for and to evaluate, can logically be sped along with AI. However, when governments do not adequately prepare for potential bias or discrimination, the new applications can prove to be problematic.
In the future, they are bound to improve and become more targeted, efficient, and successful. In the meantime, however, is it worth it to implement AI in government when so many ethical questions are at stake? How transparent must governments be in these applications? One thing is for sure: governments will continue to seek out ways to improve the efficiency and services they can provide. Whether they can be fair and just, however, will continue to be assessed for the decades to come. This research paper aims to examine some of the biggest ethical concerns involving AI use in the context of migration matters.