04 - Institutional AI Autonomy (IAIA): A Framework for Public Institutions Under AI Conditions

This working paper introduces Institutional AI Autonomy (IAIA) as a conceptual lens for understanding how public institutions can retain meaningful autonomy, governability and public-purpose orientation under AI conditions. IAIA focuses on the institutional effects of AI adoption beyond individual systems or compliance requirements. It examines how AI can reshape decision-making, knowledge formation, infrastructural dependencies and practical choice within public institutions. The paper is part of the AIR publication series. It complements the Dutch source publication Bestuurbaar blijven onder AI-condities: AIR — AI-Regievermogen voor publieke organisaties by providing an English conceptual framing of institutional autonomy and governability under AI conditions. This publication is written in a personal capacity. The content reflects only the insights and views of the author and does not represent the positions of the employer or any other organisations with which the author is affiliated. Part of the AIR publication series. Source publication: Bestuurbaar blijven onder AI-condities: AIR — AI-Regievermogen voor publieke organisaties. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.20670559.