TheReturnOfPEB@reddthat.com to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-21 month agoA computer can never be held accountable. Therefore computers are a valuable tool for law enforcement and the ruling class.message-squaremessage-square19fedilinkarrow-up115arrow-down11
arrow-up114arrow-down1message-squareA computer can never be held accountable. Therefore computers are a valuable tool for law enforcement and the ruling class.TheReturnOfPEB@reddthat.com to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-21 month agomessage-square19fedilink
minus-squareBoomer Humor Doomergod@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 month agoThe British Post office rolled out a hugely buggy piece of software that bankrupted small business owners, got some sentenced to years in prison, and caused thirteen people to commit suicide because “computers can’t be wrong”
minus-squaredogfoodeater@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 month agoHere in Australia they rolled out an automated system to calculate welfare overpayments and issue debts. It didn’t quite work of course and hundreds of thousands of the poorest Australian were issued with false debts, some of whom died or committed suicide before they could be repaid. People still keep floating the idea of automation and AI in our welfare systems…
minus-squarech00f@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 month agoOh yeah! I forgot about that! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Post_Office_scandal
minus-squareSeleni@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 month ago The case was settled for £58 million, leaving the claimants with £12 million after legal costs. Ewwww
The British Post office rolled out a hugely buggy piece of software that bankrupted small business owners, got some sentenced to years in prison, and caused thirteen people to commit suicide because “computers can’t be wrong”
Here in Australia they rolled out an automated system to calculate welfare overpayments and issue debts. It didn’t quite work of course and hundreds of thousands of the poorest Australian were issued with false debts, some of whom died or committed suicide before they could be repaid. People still keep floating the idea of automation and AI in our welfare systems…
Oh yeah! I forgot about that!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Post_Office_scandal
Ewwww