This has been the past and present for a long at this point. "Sorry there's nothing we can...

_aavaa_ • today at 4:00 AM • 3 replies • view on HN

This has been the past and present for a long at this point. "Sorry there's nothing we can do, the system won't let me."

Also see Weapons of Math Destruction [0].

c22 • today at 4:15 AM

I don't know if this case is in the book you cited, but in the UK they convicted many people of crimes just because the computer told them so: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Post_Office_scandal

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denkmoon • today at 4:13 AM

Also elegantly summed up as "Computer says no" (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x0YGZPycMEU)

gammarator • today at 4:22 AM

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