{"id":74691,"date":"2021-03-26T10:42:23","date_gmt":"2021-03-26T14:42:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/?p=74691"},"modified":"2021-03-26T10:54:01","modified_gmt":"2021-03-26T14:54:01","slug":"how-a-discriminatory-algorithm-wrongly-accused-thousands-of-families-of-fraud-geiger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/2021\/03\/26\/how-a-discriminatory-algorithm-wrongly-accused-thousands-of-families-of-fraud-geiger\/","title":{"rendered":"How a Discriminatory Algorithm Wrongly Accused Thousands of Families of Fraud [Geiger]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vice.com\/en\/article\/jgq35d\/how-a-discriminatory-algorithm-wrongly-accused-thousands-of-families-of-fraud\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>How a Discriminatory Algorithm Wrongly Accused Thousands of Families of Fraud<\/strong> <\/a>&#8212; from vice.com by Gabriel Geiger; with thanks to Sam DeBrule for this resource<br \/>\n<em>Dutch tax authorities used algorithms to automate an austere and punitive war on low-level fraud\u2014the results were catastrophic.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Excerpt:<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Last month, Prime Minister of the Netherlands Mark Rutte\u2014along with his entire cabinet\u2014<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-55674146\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">resigned<\/a>\u00a0after a year and a half of investigations revealed that since 2013, 26,000 innocent families were<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tweedekamer.nl\/sites\/default\/files\/atoms\/files\/20201217_eindverslag_parlementaire_ondervragingscommissie_kinderopvangtoeslag.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u00a0wrongly accused of social benefits fraud<\/a>\u00a0partially due to a discriminatory algorithm.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Forced to pay back money they didn\u2019t owe, many families were driven to financial ruin, and some were torn apart. Others were left with\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.trouw.nl\/binnenland\/sibel-werd-ziek-van-de-toeslagenaffaire-en-kan-en-wil-er-niets-meer-over-horen~b0b63a37\/\">lasting mental health issues;<\/a>\u00a0people of color were\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/caribischnetwerk.ntr.nl\/2021\/02\/01\/veel-caribische-nederlanders-slachtoffer-toeslagenaffaire\/\">disproportionately<\/a>\u00a0the victims.<\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #800000;\">On a more positive note, Sam DeBrule (in his <\/span><\/em><span style=\"color: #800000;\">Machine Learnings <\/span><em><span style=\"color: #800000;\">e-newsletter) also notes the following article:<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/california\/story\/2021-03-19\/sonoma-county-is-using-artificial-intelligence-to-help-detect-wildfires\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Can artificial intelligence combat wildfires? Sonoma County tests new technology<\/strong><\/a> &#8212; from latimes.com by Alex Wigglesworth<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How a Discriminatory Algorithm Wrongly Accused Thousands of Families of Fraud &#8212; from vice.com by Gabriel Geiger; with thanks to Sam DeBrule for this resource Dutch tax authorities used algorithms to automate an austere and punitive war on low-level fraud\u2014the results were catastrophic. 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