This has been the past and present for a long at this point. "Sorry there's noth... | Hacker News

Hacker Newsnew | past | comments | ask | show | jobs | submit

		_aavaa_ 53 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: An AI Agent Published a Hit Piece on Me – The Oper... This has been the past and present for a long at this point. "Sorry there's nothing we can do, the system won't let me." Also see Weapons of Math Destruction [0]. [0]: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/241363/weapons-of-m...

c22 53 days ago | [–]

I don't know if this case is in the book you cited, but in the UK they convicted many people of crimes just because the computer told them so: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Post_Office_scandal

shakna 53 days ago | | [–]

And Australia made the poorer and suicidal: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robodebt_scheme

gammarator 53 days ago | | [–]

Also “The Unaccountability Machine” https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/U/bo252799...

denkmoon 53 days ago | [–]

Also elegantly summed up as "Computer says no" (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x0YGZPycMEU)

Guidelines | FAQ | Lists | API | Security | Legal | Apply to YC | Contact