EPIC Report - Screened & Scored in District of Columbia
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 -- 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 =================== 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: ------ [1] http://www.isti.cnr.it
Buongionro, grazie mille Diego per la segnalazione! Com'era: sistema di credito sociale... cinese?!?!? "Diego.Latella" <diego.latella@isti.cnr.it> writes:
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.
Qualche esempio estratto dal report, che altrimenti a qualcuno potrebbe rischiare di suonare come una esagerazione "complottista": --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8--- Thomson Reuters, one of the country’s largest data brokers, surveils public benefits recipients on behalf of the government and uses ADM systems to rate their likelihood of committing fraud. The Metropolitan Police Department uses automated license plate readers to capture drivers’ license plates and feed the plate numbers into databases of residents’ locations and travel patterns. [...] The process begins when an outreach worker or homeless service organization uses the VI-SPDAT survey to collect data about unhoused people’s health, social activity, income, personal habits, experience with violence, social security numbers, demographic information, migration status, and more. This data is entered into a federally approved Homeless Management Information System (HMIS), [...] According to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau,21 a tenant screening report may consist of information from any or all of the following: • Credit reports • Rental and eviction history • Employment verification • Criminal history • Sex offender status • National terrorist watchlist Most tenant screening companies buy this information in bulk from a variety of sources, then produce a “risk rating” or a “risk score” for potential landlords. A large number of private companies produce tenant screening reports with very little oversight. These reports have been the subject of investigations, lawsuits, and legislative efforts that challenge their inaccuracies, their unclear dispute and correction process, and their impact on fair housing laws. --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8--- Un veloce e incompleto (perché l'amministrazione non è affatto trasparente) riassunto dei sistemi automatici usati è riportato a pagina 12 del report, nella tabella «Table: Automated Decision-Making Systems in D.C» ...ma soprattutto, sottolineato ottantacinque(mila) volte: --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8--- Agencies claim ADM systems are necessary to efficiently decide who gets access to limited resources. --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8--- Sempre la solita titirera: le risorse sono (state!) /limitate/ :-O [...] Saluti, 380° -- 380° (Giovanni Biscuolo public alter ego) «Noi, incompetenti come siamo, non abbiamo alcun titolo per suggerire alcunché» Disinformation flourishes because many people care deeply about injustice but very few check the facts. Ask me about <https://stallmansupport.org>.
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