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Follow our four-part investigation, in partnership with @LHreports, which details serious flaws and biases in Rotterdam’s welfare fraud algorithm, the human impact caused by its decisions, and what it reveals about the future of AI. 10/10 https://t.co/C8YQoQLlH6 — PolitiTweet.org

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On top of this, many variables considered by the Rotterdam algorithm rely on subjective reporting by caseworkers on ambiguous qualities like “motivation” or “flexibility,” raising the danger that the algorithm will encode these caseworkers’ human biases in its decisions. 9/10 — PolitiTweet.org

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It’s a legal gray area that Dutch courts are grappling with now. But even when algorithms don’t explicitly consider attributes like race or ethnicity, other variables such as a person’s native language or immigration status can be used to discriminate. 8/10 — PolitiTweet.org

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If you answered that you have children, your risk score rose again. But isn’t this kind of discrimination illegal? While discrimination based on gender and ethnicity is illegal in many countries, converting that information into data points fed to an algorithm may not be. 7/10 https://t.co/K6YVhQSYJU — PolitiTweet.org

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𝙌𝙪𝙚𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 3: 𝙃𝙤𝙬 𝙢𝙖𝙣𝙮 𝙘𝙝𝙞𝙡𝙙𝙧𝙚𝙣 𝙙𝙤 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚? — PolitiTweet.org

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If you answered “Female” your risk score jumped again. You just became more likely to be flagged and investigated for welfare fraud. Rotterdam’s system isn’t alone: Algorithms that determine credit scoring and hiring practices have been found to discriminate, too. 6/10 https://t.co/WAFpzN8WDW — PolitiTweet.org

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𝙌𝙪𝙚𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 2: 𝘿𝙤 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙞𝙙𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙞𝙛𝙮 𝙖𝙨 𝙢𝙖𝙡𝙚 𝙤𝙧 𝙛𝙚𝙢𝙖𝙡𝙚? — PolitiTweet.org

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If you answered “Under 18” your risk score just went up. Sorry. Machine learning algorithms like Rotterdam’s are making more and more decisions about people’s lives. Millions of people are being scored and ranked as they go about their daily lives, with great implications. 5/10 https://t.co/5dqUcPynCH — PolitiTweet.org

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𝙌𝙪𝙚𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 1: 𝙃𝙤𝙬 𝙤𝙡𝙙 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙮𝙤𝙪? — PolitiTweet.org

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Rotterdam’s algorithm is best thought of as a suspicion machine. It judges people on many characteristics they cannot control. The data fed into the algorithm ranges from invasive and subjective to banal and seemingly irrelevant. Questions like: — PolitiTweet.org

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WIRED and @LHreports obtained Rotterdam’s welfare fraud algorithm and the data used to train it. By reconstructing the system, we found that it discriminates based on ethnicity and gender and has fundamental flaws that make it both inaccurate and unfair. 3/10 — PolitiTweet.org

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In 2017, the city of Rotterdam deployed a machine learning algorithm to generate a risk score for around 30,000 people receiving welfare payments. The algorithm used attributes such as age, gender, and Dutch language ability to determine who should be investigated for fraud. 2/10 — PolitiTweet.org

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What if your government gave an algorithm the power to assign you a “risk score”? What if the risk score could determine the course of your life? What if that algorithm was full of flaws and biases? Welcome to the suspicion machine https://t.co/C8YQoQLlH6 📷 @katherinelamart https://t.co/IrHvskoEH8 — PolitiTweet.org

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Some companies just can't let go of the plastic storage disk that has stood the test of time, but the end of the floppy disk is near. https://t.co/KVmhvBZq3b — PolitiTweet.org

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This post-appetite era has changed everything. https://t.co/vcTRUuCpdj — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @LHreports: In a series beginning today with @WIRED we take apart a Suspicion Machine in a major European city and tell the stories of t… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @jtemperton: .@WIRED and @LHreports gained unprecedented access to one of the world’s most sophisticated welfare fraud algorithms. Our i… — PolitiTweet.org

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Boeing’s 747 had a good run, but a goodbye has been long overdue. Via WIRED UK https://t.co/KSpwcv4UMG — PolitiTweet.org

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The future of the porn industry is low-margin and not what the popular imagination expects. (From 2015) https://t.co/FZ36OV7rS7 — PolitiTweet.org

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Fact 1: Take a look at, like, anything that's happening on the whole planet right now. Not convinced? OK, click thr… https://t.co/TzgAYsQd1N — PolitiTweet.org

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If AI is coming for audiobook narrators, who's next? https://t.co/8lUHb0EMt3 — PolitiTweet.org

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This foldable electric bike isn't a bad option, but it's not particularly comfortable and has a disappointing range.(From 2022) https://t.co/33SNaqwGeX — PolitiTweet.org

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What voices does Seth do? Did Seth work on Johnny Bravo?@SethMacFarlane takes the WIRED Autocomplete Interview and answers the internet's most searched questions about himself. https://t.co/uEo5MrJqpk — PolitiTweet.org

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Steve Jobs built Apple into what it is today by operating with a level of secrecy that makes Thomas Pynchon look like Paris Hilton. (From 2008) https://t.co/0znU3dZXEr — PolitiTweet.org

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Of course they are. Obviously they are. https://t.co/TpLW0gQ4TP — PolitiTweet.org

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Maslow's hierarchy of needs is often cited in discussions of motivation and self-actualization, but it turns out the theory has some serious flaws. (From 2018) https://t.co/LxUXugdylC — PolitiTweet.org

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Your location is as private as you think. Here's how you can check: https://t.co/79eXJzV3bd — PolitiTweet.org

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Did you know that overcharging your smartphone battery is actually a myth? (From 2021) https://t.co/utli6SC18g — PolitiTweet.org