![]() ![]() Political scientist and technologist Virginia Eubanks argues compellingly that automated decision-making in social welfare provision is just the latest in a long history of measures that profile, police and punish poor people in the USA. ![]() It does so by centring the stories of individuals who have experienced the negative consequences of automated decision-making. It manages to disturb without sensationalising, and avoids (for the most part) preaching ideology. 2018.įrom an algorithm scoring newborn babies on their future risk of being abused to one million denials of welfare benefits in Indiana, Automating Inequality is a deeply unsettling exploration of the impact of automated decision-making on public services in America. Īutomating Inequality: How High-Tech Tools Profile, Police and Punish the Poor. Centralising the stories and experiences of her subjects with sensitivity while also drawing on statistical data, Eubanks offers a valuable and compelling contribution to discussions of inequality and poverty today, writes Louise Russell-Prywata. In Automating Inequality: How High-Tech Tools Profile, Police and Punish the Poor, V irginia Eubanks outlines the life-and-death impacts of automated decision-making on public services in the USA through three case studies relating to welfare provision, homelessness and child protection services. ![]()
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