News Forum - Artificial intelligence intended to prevent abuse of state welfare

[Thaiger]

As a new round of registration is set to commence, the Ministry of Finance is planning to use artificial intelligence to ensure that the state welfare cards issued this year are given only to eligible low-income earners. The Ministry plans to implement new technology to cut down on fraud and to keep urgent financial assistance money from going to those who are not in need at the expense of those who are. The new artificial intelligence system will connect the systems of multiple state agencies to do real-time verification of anyone who applies for state welfare. The Deputy Finance Minister says […]

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[Dedinbed]

24 minutes ago, Thaiger said:

. The Ministry plans to implement new technology to cut down on fraud and to keep urgent financial assistance money from going to those who are not in need at the expense of those who are.

What could possibly go wrong there then .. 

[Jason]

It was tried in Australia....google "Robodebt in Australia". It didn't work and ended up in the government causing huge distress to innocent people. The government had to refund millions to it's most vulnerable citizens.