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“The nurses said, ‘It’s not me; it’s the computer,’”
"What happens when an algorithm cuts your healthcare": https://www.theverge.com/2018/3/21/17144260/healthcare-medicaid-algorithm-arkansas-cerebral-palsy?utm_campaign=theverge&utm_content=chorus&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter
Good story from the Verge
There is such a movement to push governments towards free software: https://publiccode.eu/
@schlink These algorithms are the sort of work I do at my day job. Without getting into too much detail, I think that both the algorithms and their implementation should be free software. Citizens are paying for this shit, and they should be able to study the code that governs them.