Post #2097781
2026-05-04 09:54 UTC
means testing plus algorithmic formulas are two terrible things that depend on one another. the same effects, people paying for social goods based on what they can afford, could be accomplished with less suffering and more fairness by making goods free at point of consumption and supported by progressive taxation ... but instead you get awful things like this: https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2026/may/04/kenya-ai-healthcare-reforms-driving-up-costs-for-poor
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@sarahghp@post.lurk.org 2026-05-04 09:57
there are so many reasons to oppose algorthmic decision-making ("AI"), from the environmental to the cognitive, but this is why my fundamental objection will always be the inherent violence of classification, and the way that it is imposed on the everyday person to support "the future"