Grazie della segnalazione Alberto. Una vicenda drammatica, dovuta all'ignoranza informatica diffusa On April 25, 2021 7:38:38 AM UTC, Alberto Cammozzo via nexa wrote:
<https://www.theverge.com/2021/4/23/22399721/uk-post-office-software-bug-crim...>
For the past 20 years UK Post Office employees have been dealing with a piece of software called Horizon, which had a fatal flaw: bugs that made it look like employees stole tens of thousands of British pounds. This led to some local postmasters being convicted of crimes, even being sent to prison, because the Post Office doggedly insisted the software could be trusted.
Mai. Nel caso di automatismi complessi la probabilità che funzionino correttamente decresce esponenzialmente con il numero di componenti di cui sono costituti. È dunque ragionevole NON fidarsi mai del software e presumere la sua "colpevolezza" fino a prova contraria, invertendo l'onere della prova sul produttore/distributore. Interessante osservare come in questo caso si usi correttamente il termine "software" invece dell'astratto "algorithm". Il risultato però è lo stesso: coloro che hanno venduto il software vengono schermati dalle responsabilità rispetto ai danni irreparabili che questi hanno causato.
The impact on these employees has been vast: according to the BBC, some have lost marriages or time with their children. Talking to the BBC, Janet Skinner said that she was taken away from her two kids for nine months when she was imprisoned, after the software showed a £59,000 shortfall. She also says she lost a job offer because of her criminal conviction. The time she and others like her spent in jail can’t be bought back, and it happened because software was taken at its word.
According to the BBC, another woman, who swore she was innocent, was sent to prison for theft while she was pregnant. One man reportedly died by suicide after the computer system showed that he had lost almost £100,000. Within a few months, his replacement also faced losses due to discrepancies from the software.
Ed immaginate che impatto avrebbero questi bug in una società con un social credit score. Immaginate cosa accadrebbe se la creazione di questi software fosse affidata o riconducibile ad un governo. Giacomo