by Khari Johnson, Wired:
A new report finds that municipal agencies in Washington deploy dozens of automated decision systems, often without residents’ knowledge.
WASHINGTON, DC, IS the home base of the most powerful government on earth. It’s also home to 690,000 people—and 29 obscure algorithms that shape their lives. City agencies use automation to screen housing applicants, predict criminal recidivism, identify food assistance fraud, determine if a high schooler is likely to drop out, inform sentencing decisions for young people, and many other things.
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As an investigative reporter for two TV stations and two networks (ABC and CNN), I did a lot of financial stories that centered around some sort of fraud. The biggest thing I learned is that frauds end quickly. I use Bernie Madoff as an example. Madoff conducted a $60 billion Ponzi hedge fund for 20 years. It all ended Thursday, December 11, 2008, when Madoff was arrested, and he died in prison. As Forrest Gump said, “And then one day it was over, just like that.” The gigantic voting fraud scheme that put Biden into office is showing signs it is falling apart. How much fraud do Democrats have to commit when the leader of their party has about a 10% approval rating. That is a record my sources say going back all the way to the Civil War.
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