Comment on Drugmakers Are Set to Pay 23andMe Millions to Access Consumer DNA

• reverendsteveii@lemm.ee ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  he’d feed it and a number of other factors into an opaque, completely unaccountable AI that makes rental decisions for him without disclosing the factors that went into the decision and with no appeals process.

  Imagine if housing operated like reddit bans.

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  • UnspecificGravity@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    So much of the future just looks like fancy new ways to make machines legitimize and carry out our racism for us.

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• Fondots@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Off the top of my head

  This tenant is predisposed to cancer (or other medical issues), which means an increased likelihood of them getting stuck with massive medical bills and financial hardship so they would have a harder time paying rent on time, better Jack up their rent so I can get my money’s worth out of them while I still can or just deny their application altogether

  This tenant appears to be part black, Jewish, or some other ethnicity I don’t like, better find a reason to jack up their rent or kick them out

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• kingludd@lemmy.basedcount.com ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  More likely is a background/credit check service that runs statistical analysis on genetic factors that correlate with late payments or property damage as part of their renter screening service.

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  • pufferfischerpulver@feddit.de ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Hold my techbro, this smells like a case of VC funded startup!!

    “It’s not racist bro, it’s just a statistical analysis on genetic factors that correlate with late payments or property damage.
    It’ll be the next big thing, I swear we keep the DNA on our own blockchain, we call it the doublechainix. You get it bro??”

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    • kautau@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      “And we’ll make a sweet app where we can charge people $20 for access to their own data bro!”

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