Dal sito web del report (https://epic.org/screened-scored-in-dc/ ):
"The D.C. government outsources critical governmental decisions to
automated decision-making systems in areas such as public benefits,
healthcare, policing, and housing. As a result, District residents are
surveilled, screened, and scored every day. But because of weak
government transparency laws, opaque procurement processes, the power
and influence of tech vendors, and the decline in local journalism, it
has been difficult to uncover the details of how many automated
decision-making systems are used in government programs.
EPIC spent 14 months investigating the D.C. government's use of
automated decision-making systems. This report aims to shed light by
providing as comprehensive a view as possible of the many automated
decision-making systems that shape the course of District residents'
lives."
EPIC (Electronic Privacuy Information Center, https://epic.org/ ) e'
una delle organizzazioni piu' autorevoli sul diritto alla tutela della
privacy.
Diego
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Dott. Diego Latella - Senior Researcher CNR/ISTI, Via Moruzzi 1, 56124
Pisa, Italy (http:www.isti.cnr.it [1])
FM&&T Lab. (http://fmt.isti.cnr.it)
CNR/GI-STS (http://gists.pi.cnr.it)
https://www.isti.cnr.it/People/D.Latella - ph: +390506212982, fax:
+390506212040
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I don't quite know whether it is especially computer science or its
subdiscipline Artificial Intelligence that has such an enormous
affection for euphemism. We speak so spectacularly and so readily of
computer systems that understand, that see, decide, make judgments, and
so on, without ourselves recognizing our own superficiality and
immeasurable naivete with respect to these concepts. And, in the process
of so speaking, we anesthetise our ability to evaluate the quality of
our work and, what is more important, to identify and become conscious
of its end use. […] One can't escape this state without asking, again
and again: "What do I actually do? What is the final application and use
of the products of my work?" and ultimately, "am I content or ashamed to
have contributed to this use?"
-- Prof. Joseph Weizenbaum ["Not without us", ACM SIGCAS 16(2-3) 2--7 -
Aug. 1986]
Links:
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[1] http://www.isti.cnr.it
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