The Robodebt Scheme utilised artificial intelligence to generate automated debt notices to Australian Centrelink welfare recipients. The Australian government scheme came under intense criticism for its generation of false and incorrect debt notices with critics also highlighting the stress it placed on vulnerable people.
The scheme was ultimately deemed illegal and was scrapped by the government in 2020.
:: What point do you think the following cartoon on the Robodebt program is making? How does this relate to ethics and artificial technology (AI) more generally?
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