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Why tinker away with problematic digital tools when we could build something entirely new?
In an age of distrusting of our politicians, computers offer a cheaper, faster, and more efficient model of government: the algocracy.
Automated decision-making systems already influence millions of people’s lives every day—often in insidious ways and without accountability.
Decoding inequality in a digital world Updated: Updated: Technological changes in education and health are worsening inequities Share Article Virginia Eubanks’ widely acclaimed book, Automating Inequality, alerted us to the ways that automated decision-making tools exacerbated inequalities, especially by raising the barrier for people to receive services they are entitled to. The novel coronavirus pandemic has accelerated the use of digital technologies in India, even for essential services such as health and education, where access to them might be poor. Economic inequality has increased...