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After ‘coding error’ triggers firings, top NIH scientists called back to work

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Submitted ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨cyrano@lemmy.dbzer0.com⁩ to ⁨technology@lemmy.world⁩

https://www.science.org/content/article/after-coding-error-triggers-firings-top-nih-scientists-called-back-work

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  • beejjorgensen@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Whoever wrote that code is definitely the right team to rewrite social security.

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    • pHr34kY@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Australia did this once. We called it “robodebt”. An algorithm that falsely cut people off social security and ultimately killed some of them.

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      • Morphit@feddit.uk ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        I would say don’t give DOGE any ideas but I think that’s less bad than some of their own.

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