The intent is to promote equity, accountability and transparency, and to avoid tragedies similar to the Dutch childcare-benefits scandal.īut these won’t be enough to make AI equitable. As a result, tens of thousands were needlessly impoverished, and more than 1,000 children were placed in foster care.įrom New York City to California and the European Union, many artificial intelligence (AI) regulations are in the works. Families were flagged on the basis of ‘risk factors’ such as having a low income or dual nationality. The software was meant to predict which people were most likely to commit childcare-benefit fraud, but the government did not wait for proof before penalizing families and demanding that they pay back years of allowances. Beginning in 2013, the Dutch government used an algorithm to wreak havoc in the lives of 25,000 parents.
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