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Comment by _kb

3 days ago

That absurdity doesn’t need modern AI. All it takes is any statistical system that automates human interaction.

See Robodebt (Australia - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robodebt_scheme), which lead a number of people to suicide, as an example.

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tomrod  2 days ago

Yep.

Manna, at MarshallBrain, is a fantastic read. https://web.archive.org/web/20260725174355/https://marshallb...

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