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2026-07-21 22:21 UTC
This sort of error can happen with paper records as well, but it's very important to remember that the purpose of computers is to rapidly propagate human errors at scale.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-07-22/mistaken-identity-data-hospital-error-death-notice-police/106936454
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@abstractcode@eigenmagic.net 2026-07-21 22:48
@trent@eigenmagic.net @daedalus@eigenmagic.net That’s secondary to the primary purposes of deflecting blame and making perpetuating errors inevitable. “The system just does that, nothing we can do”.