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“A computer can never be held accountable, therefore a computer must never make a management decision.”

• CamperBob2 1y ago
  I've never understood this old saw. The computer is just a tool. Somebody owns the computer, somebody installed it, somebody loaded software onto it. That's who should be held accountable. Taken at face value, you couldn't even use a pocket calculator to back up a management decision.
  • EliRivers 1y ago
    "Taken at face value, you couldn't even use a pocket calculator to back up a management decision." That makes no sense. I am the manager. I make the decision. The calculator gives me some numbers but I am still the manager, still the decision maker, and I can use any tools appropriate to inform my decisions. Even a calculator. Taken at face value, that's what it says. That the calculator doesn't make the management decision; a person does.
    • CamperBob2 1y ago
      That's exactly what I'm saying. So what earthly point is there in saying, "A computer can't make management decisions, because it can't take responsibility?" It's a content-free sentence. There is nothing special about a computer in that regard. It's a tool... a tool wielded by a human somewhere. Anyone who tries to blame "the computer" should not be allowed to do so, and it's weird that it ever occurred to anyone to try that.
      • bobsmooth 1y ago
        In UK law, computers are assumed to be correct. It's on the defense to prove that the computer was wrong.