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Computers ruining lives with wrong or misleading output has always been a thing, consider e.g. the Post Office scandal in the UK or Robodebt in Australia. http
by ahonhn 2mo ago
Computers ruining lives with wrong or misleading output has always been a thing, consider e.g. the Post Office scandal in the UK or Robodebt in Australia.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Post_Office_scandal https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Post_Office_scandal
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robodebt_scheme https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robodebt_scheme
It seems to me that most people regard computers as some kind of infallible truth machine. If told its spewing garbage they're more likely to double down and shoot the messenger than try and get it sorted out.