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Mentioned to someone that I was concerned about the fallout from #robodebt in terms of uptake of #automatingInequality.
"Yeah, what if they used AI to audit people's spending of their NDIS budget, "find" issues in their spending, and send them automated debt notices they can't challenge?" […]

"A new aged care algorithm has cut his support, no human can override it."
That statement is bullshit. No human has *chosen* to override it, because they want poor aged people dead.
#bloodinthemachine #automatinginequality #australia

Julie Collins voted consistently for compulsory income management for welfare recipients Find out how this is worked out and discover how others voted on the issues that matter to you

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Who votes for Compulsory Income Management in Australia?
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#cashlesswelfare #AutomatingInequality #AusPol #supportOAF #JulieCollins

Libby Coker voted consistently for compulsory income management for welfare recipients Find out how this is worked out and discover how others voted on the issues that matter to you

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Who votes for Compulsory Income Management in Australia?
Another Labor MP, #LibbyCoker
#cashlesswelfare #AutomatingInequality #AusPol #supportOAF #laborpartyaustralia

Sharon Claydon voted consistently for compulsory income management for welfare recipients Find out how this is worked out and discover how others voted on the issues that matter to you

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Who votes for Compulsory Income Management in Australia? Sharon, Sharon, what are you thinking, Sharon? That's who.
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#cashlesswelfare #AutomatingInequality #AusPol

Raff Ciccone voted consistently for compulsory income management for welfare recipients Find out how this is worked out and discover how others voted on the issues that matter to you

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Who votes for Compulsory Income Management in Australia? Labor + #RaffCiccone, that's who.
#cashlesswelfare #AutomatingInequality #AusPol #laborpartyaustralia

@andrewwilkiemp.bsky.social is part of the politicians I can count on one hand who are genuinely doing something about #automatinginequality. Meanwhile, the duopoly, climate200, billionaires + thinktanks enable it. #robodebt #AusPol

Name an instance where our most vulnerable in australia have benefited from technology @jeremynadel8.bsky.social @nobodyinpoverty.bsky.social.
Because Jim Chalmers, here's where they haven't:
❌ Compulsory Income Management
❌ #Robodebt
❌ #NDIS algorithms
#AusPol #AutomatingInequality

Did it dampen their enthusiasm for algorithms in NDIS decisions @jeremynadel8.bsky.social @kelpieunicorns.bsky.social ? No, it did not.
#robodebt #automatinginequality #NDIS #AusPol

EVERYTHING IS FINE. @alexmckinnon.bsky.social ;)
fyi @jeremynadel8.bsky.social what a coincidence! ⬆️
AI huh? #automatinginequality #melbourne #vicpol

"Salvation Army's submission stated that automatic decision making "cannot account for the complexities we often see in the individuals we support", eg financial hardship, addictions, mental health or unstable living conditions."
#robodebt #automatinginequality #NZPol @slanecartoon.bsky.social

TLDR: #NDIS + AI = suss AF.
There's enough wrongdoing, corruption and lack of staff within the NDIS without it.
#digitalrightsau #digitalrights #disability #automatinginequality

It was more the AI/human annihilation, which is becoming more reality every day. We're had #robodebt, and now we're just weaponizing it. Sexrobots? Of course, the mainstream sexrobot is for straight white dudes, yes? WHAT A SURPRISE @petabytes.bsky.social ;)
#AusPol #AutomatingInequality

This is who we're letting loose with AI on debts for the vulnerable @jeremynadel8.bsky.social.
#AusPol #QldPol #automatinginequality

When Services Australia has been unable to answer a phone for over 10 years, why is AI even being considered @pennyallmanpayne.com @maximumwelfare.bsky.social @admscentre.org.au @jeremynadel8.bsky.social ?
#centrelink #AusPol #automatinginequality

Sadly none of this is new news. #VirginiaEubanks wrote about this is her book #AutomatingInequality back in 2018