Yet automated systems in taxation, social protection, employment screening and public services are increasingly being designed to ‘serve’ citizens like her. I often think about women like Shazia when ...

In the fall of 2008, Omega Young got a letter prompting her to recertify for Medicaid. But she was unable to make the appointment because she was suffering from ovarian cancer. She called her local ...

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The state of Indiana denied one million applications for health care, food stamps, and cash benefits in three years - because a new computer system interpreted any application mistake as "failure to ...

1. With harrowing first-person testimony—including her own, about her experience navigating the U.S. health-insurance system—Virginia Eubanks argues in “Automating Inequality” that America has created ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. AI can help maximize resources in strapped systems trying to protect vulnerable people – but it can also risk replicating harm or ...

Author Virginia Eubanks argues that automated systems that governments across the U.S. use to deliver benefit and welfare programs are often... 'Automating Inequality': Algorithms In Public Services ...

Aislinn Conrad is an associate professor of social work at the University of Iowa. his essay is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Conrad is developing iCare, an ...

Artificial intelligence is rapidly being adopted to help prevent abuse and protect vulnerable people – including children in foster care, adults in nursing homes and students in schools. These tools ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Aislinn Conrad, University of Iowa (THE CONVERSATION) Artificial intelligence is ...

Artificial intelligence is rapidly being adopted to help prevent abuse and protect vulnerable people — including children in foster care, adults in nursing homes and students in schools. These tools ...