"Salvation Army's submission stated that automatic decision making "cannot account for the complexities we often see in the individuals we support", eg financial hardship, addictions, mental health or unstable living conditions."
#robodebt #automatinginequality #NZPol @slanecartoon.bsky.social
#robodebt #automatinginequality #NZPol @slanecartoon.bsky.social
Atlas guy Tim Wilson now with RMIT Blockchain AI hub, full of IPA/MPS members: rmitblockchain.io/team
Wilson visited David Seymour in NZ, Oct 2024. www.thenewdaily.com.au/news/politic...
NZ govt is going to use AI to 'Robodebt' NZ welfare recipients. www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
Hmmmmm.....
Wilson visited David Seymour in NZ, Oct 2024. www.thenewdaily.com.au/news/politic...
NZ govt is going to use AI to 'Robodebt' NZ welfare recipients. www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
Hmmmmm.....
May 7, 2025 at 11:13 AM
"Salvation Army's submission stated that automatic decision making "cannot account for the complexities we often see in the individuals we support", eg financial hardship, addictions, mental health or unstable living conditions."
#robodebt #automatinginequality #NZPol @slanecartoon.bsky.social
#robodebt #automatinginequality #NZPol @slanecartoon.bsky.social
@andrewwilkiemp.bsky.social is part of the politicians I can count on one hand who are genuinely doing something about #automatinginequality. Meanwhile, the duopoly, climate200, billionaires + thinktanks enable it. #robodebt #AusPol
Mr Wilkie’s bill proposes changes to the social security law relating to oversight of automated decision-making, requiring manual oversight of such decisions at Services Australia. region.com.au/all-private-...
All private member's bills are equal, but some are more equal than others | Region Canberra
While everyone was having a listen to and a laugh at Barnaby Joyce over his push to repeal net-zero laws,…
region.com.au
August 29, 2025 at 8:27 AM
@andrewwilkiemp.bsky.social is part of the politicians I can count on one hand who are genuinely doing something about #automatinginequality. Meanwhile, the duopoly, climate200, billionaires + thinktanks enable it. #robodebt #AusPol
Did it dampen their enthusiasm for algorithms in NDIS decisions @jeremynadel8.bsky.social @kelpieunicorns.bsky.social ? No, it did not.
#robodebt #automatinginequality #NDIS #AusPol
#robodebt #automatinginequality #NDIS #AusPol
Robodebt dampening public servants’ AI enthusiasm www.themandarin.com.au/293399-robod...
Robodebt dampening public servants' AI enthusiasm
Public servants are reflecting on past government tech failures when considering the risks and benefits of using AI for policy development.
www.themandarin.com.au
June 6, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Did it dampen their enthusiasm for algorithms in NDIS decisions @jeremynadel8.bsky.social @kelpieunicorns.bsky.social ? No, it did not.
#robodebt #automatinginequality #NDIS #AusPol
#robodebt #automatinginequality #NDIS #AusPol
TLDR: #NDIS + AI = suss AF.
There's enough wrongdoing, corruption and lack of staff within the NDIS without it.
#digitalrightsau #digitalrights #disability #automatinginequality
There's enough wrongdoing, corruption and lack of staff within the NDIS without it.
#digitalrightsau #digitalrights #disability #automatinginequality
April 3, 2025 at 4:20 AM
TLDR: #NDIS + AI = suss AF.
There's enough wrongdoing, corruption and lack of staff within the NDIS without it.
#digitalrightsau #digitalrights #disability #automatinginequality
There's enough wrongdoing, corruption and lack of staff within the NDIS without it.
#digitalrightsau #digitalrights #disability #automatinginequality
Name an instance where our most vulnerable in australia have benefited from technology @jeremynadel8.bsky.social @nobodyinpoverty.bsky.social.
Because Jim Chalmers, here's where they haven't:
❌ Compulsory Income Management
❌ #Robodebt
❌ #NDIS algorithms
#AusPol #AutomatingInequality
Because Jim Chalmers, here's where they haven't:
❌ Compulsory Income Management
❌ #Robodebt
❌ #NDIS algorithms
#AusPol #AutomatingInequality
Keen to hear from Chalmers on how Australian authors might become “beneficiaries, not victims” of the theft of our work
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Australia and the AI revolution – turning algorithms into opportunities
We cannot simply let AI rip, but nor can we pretend it’s not happening – we can chart a middle course that makes our people beneficiaries, not victims of technological change, writes the federal treas...
www.theguardian.com
August 4, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Name an instance where our most vulnerable in australia have benefited from technology @jeremynadel8.bsky.social @nobodyinpoverty.bsky.social.
Because Jim Chalmers, here's where they haven't:
❌ Compulsory Income Management
❌ #Robodebt
❌ #NDIS algorithms
#AusPol #AutomatingInequality
Because Jim Chalmers, here's where they haven't:
❌ Compulsory Income Management
❌ #Robodebt
❌ #NDIS algorithms
#AusPol #AutomatingInequality
When Services Australia has been unable to answer a phone for over 10 years, why is AI even being considered @pennyallmanpayne.com @maximumwelfare.bsky.social @admscentre.org.au @jeremynadel8.bsky.social ?
#centrelink #AusPol #automatinginequality
#centrelink #AusPol #automatinginequality
March 6, 2025 at 9:03 AM
When Services Australia has been unable to answer a phone for over 10 years, why is AI even being considered @pennyallmanpayne.com @maximumwelfare.bsky.social @admscentre.org.au @jeremynadel8.bsky.social ?
#centrelink #AusPol #automatinginequality
#centrelink #AusPol #automatinginequality
This is who we're letting loose with AI on debts for the vulnerable @jeremynadel8.bsky.social.
#AusPol #QldPol #automatinginequality
#AusPol #QldPol #automatinginequality
It's just a few days after the govt admitted that their 'mutual obligation' regime:
- may be illegal
- cut off payments, possibly leading to 10 deaths.
But welfare recipients were told to do the impossible during a cyclone.
The cruelty is the point. #auspol
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
- may be illegal
- cut off payments, possibly leading to 10 deaths.
But welfare recipients were told to do the impossible during a cyclone.
The cruelty is the point. #auspol
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Welfare recipients told to perform mutual obligations as Tropical Cyclone Alfred bears down on Queensland
Disability employment provider Help asked jobseekers to perform telephone appointments before later clarifying they were voluntary
www.theguardian.com
March 6, 2025 at 9:48 PM
This is who we're letting loose with AI on debts for the vulnerable @jeremynadel8.bsky.social.
#AusPol #QldPol #automatinginequality
#AusPol #QldPol #automatinginequality
Welcome to Australia @doctorow.pluralistic.net where we're automating inequality by having Palantir make automated decisions about the disabled with no appeal.
#NDIS #automatingInequality #palantir #disability
#NDIS #automatingInequality #palantir #disability
" .. handing the power to automate decisions, conduct coercive investigations, share data across 24 agencies" to Palantir.
#NDIS Bill no appeal
Claudia Weisenberger #auspol #Robodebt
@criprights.bsky.social FOI
michaelwest.com.au/robodebt-on-...
#NDIS Bill no appeal
Claudia Weisenberger #auspol #Robodebt
@criprights.bsky.social FOI
michaelwest.com.au/robodebt-on-...
Robodebt on Steroids. Palantir infiltrates NDIS - Michael West
The Government has secretly put Palantir into its automated decision system inside the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS)
michaelwest.com.au
August 18, 2026 at 1:09 AM
Welcome to Australia @doctorow.pluralistic.net where we're automating inequality by having Palantir make automated decisions about the disabled with no appeal.
#NDIS #automatingInequality #palantir #disability
#NDIS #automatingInequality #palantir #disability
It was more the AI/human annihilation, which is becoming more reality every day. We're had #robodebt, and now we're just weaponizing it. Sexrobots? Of course, the mainstream sexrobot is for straight white dudes, yes? WHAT A SURPRISE @petabytes.bsky.social ;)
#AusPol #AutomatingInequality
#AusPol #AutomatingInequality
Considering a population of 345 million, this is least 25% of Americans affected by “efficiencies” designed to remove humanity from the process of seeking help.
See Virginia Eubanks’s book, Automating Inequality, about the concept of the “digital poorhouse”:
virginia-eubanks.com/automating-i...
See Virginia Eubanks’s book, Automating Inequality, about the concept of the “digital poorhouse”:
virginia-eubanks.com/automating-i...
March 8, 2025 at 9:16 PM
It was more the AI/human annihilation, which is becoming more reality every day. We're had #robodebt, and now we're just weaponizing it. Sexrobots? Of course, the mainstream sexrobot is for straight white dudes, yes? WHAT A SURPRISE @petabytes.bsky.social ;)
#AusPol #AutomatingInequality
#AusPol #AutomatingInequality
@greenpeace @nickofnz
Seeking to understand how/why AI is in alignment with your values, when there's no such thing as "ethical AI'.
AI is #automatinginequality, pushing resources we already don't have to the brink, and killing people + planet. Why are you signing up for that?
#noai fyi @kimcrawley
Seeking to understand how/why AI is in alignment with your values, when there's no such thing as "ethical AI'.
AI is #automatinginequality, pushing resources we already don't have to the brink, and killing people + planet. Why are you signing up for that?
#noai fyi @kimcrawley
April 7, 2026 at 12:46 AM
@greenpeace @nickofnz
Seeking to understand how/why AI is in alignment with your values, when there's no such thing as "ethical AI'.
AI is #automatinginequality, pushing resources we already don't have to the brink, and killing people + planet. Why are you signing up for that?
#noai fyi @kimcrawley
Seeking to understand how/why AI is in alignment with your values, when there's no such thing as "ethical AI'.
AI is #automatinginequality, pushing resources we already don't have to the brink, and killing people + planet. Why are you signing up for that?
#noai fyi @kimcrawley
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Who votes for Compulsory Income Management in Australia?
theyvoteforyou.org.au/people/repre...
#cashlesswelfare #AutomatingInequality #AusPol #supportOAF #JulieCollins
Who votes for Compulsory Income Management in Australia?
theyvoteforyou.org.au/people/repre...
#cashlesswelfare #AutomatingInequality #AusPol #supportOAF #JulieCollins
Julie Collins voted consistently for compulsory income management for welfare recipients
Find out how this is worked out and discover how others voted on the issues that matter to you
theyvoteforyou.org.au
December 2, 2025 at 12:18 AM
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Who votes for Compulsory Income Management in Australia?
theyvoteforyou.org.au/people/repre...
#cashlesswelfare #AutomatingInequality #AusPol #supportOAF #JulieCollins
Who votes for Compulsory Income Management in Australia?
theyvoteforyou.org.au/people/repre...
#cashlesswelfare #AutomatingInequality #AusPol #supportOAF #JulieCollins
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Who votes for Compulsory Income Management in Australia?
Another Labor MP, #LibbyCoker
#cashlesswelfare #AutomatingInequality #AusPol #supportOAF #laborpartyaustralia
Who votes for Compulsory Income Management in Australia?
Another Labor MP, #LibbyCoker
#cashlesswelfare #AutomatingInequality #AusPol #supportOAF #laborpartyaustralia
Libby Coker voted consistently for compulsory income management for welfare recipients
Find out how this is worked out and discover how others voted on the issues that matter to you
theyvoteforyou.org.au
December 2, 2025 at 12:18 AM
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Who votes for Compulsory Income Management in Australia?
Another Labor MP, #LibbyCoker
#cashlesswelfare #AutomatingInequality #AusPol #supportOAF #laborpartyaustralia
Who votes for Compulsory Income Management in Australia?
Another Labor MP, #LibbyCoker
#cashlesswelfare #AutomatingInequality #AusPol #supportOAF #laborpartyaustralia
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Who votes for Compulsory Income Management in Australia? Labor + #RaffCiccone, that's who.
#cashlesswelfare #AutomatingInequality #AusPol #laborpartyaustralia
Who votes for Compulsory Income Management in Australia? Labor + #RaffCiccone, that's who.
#cashlesswelfare #AutomatingInequality #AusPol #laborpartyaustralia
Raff Ciccone voted consistently for compulsory income management for welfare recipients
Find out how this is worked out and discover how others voted on the issues that matter to you
theyvoteforyou.org.au
December 2, 2025 at 12:18 AM
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Who votes for Compulsory Income Management in Australia? Labor + #RaffCiccone, that's who.
#cashlesswelfare #AutomatingInequality #AusPol #laborpartyaustralia
Who votes for Compulsory Income Management in Australia? Labor + #RaffCiccone, that's who.
#cashlesswelfare #AutomatingInequality #AusPol #laborpartyaustralia
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Who votes for Compulsory Income Management in Australia? Sharon, Sharon, what are you thinking, Sharon? That's who.
theyvoteforyou.org.au/people/repre...
#cashlesswelfare #AutomatingInequality #AusPol
Who votes for Compulsory Income Management in Australia? Sharon, Sharon, what are you thinking, Sharon? That's who.
theyvoteforyou.org.au/people/repre...
#cashlesswelfare #AutomatingInequality #AusPol
Sharon Claydon voted consistently for compulsory income management for welfare recipients
Find out how this is worked out and discover how others voted on the issues that matter to you
theyvoteforyou.org.au
December 2, 2025 at 12:18 AM
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Who votes for Compulsory Income Management in Australia? Sharon, Sharon, what are you thinking, Sharon? That's who.
theyvoteforyou.org.au/people/repre...
#cashlesswelfare #AutomatingInequality #AusPol
Who votes for Compulsory Income Management in Australia? Sharon, Sharon, what are you thinking, Sharon? That's who.
theyvoteforyou.org.au/people/repre...
#cashlesswelfare #AutomatingInequality #AusPol
Sadly none of this is new news. #VirginiaEubanks wrote about this is her book #AutomatingInequality back in 2018
The CA Assembly's analysis found AI produced a life-threatening denial because of a statistical correlation: they denied coverage for hospital care for asthmatics with pneumonia bc they have lower mortality... but the lower mortality is *because* they got higher-level care given the risk factor!
I had no idea til I heard this interview that AI was being used to make claim decisions. 🤯 thank you for your important research
December 11, 2024 at 6:53 PM
Sadly none of this is new news. #VirginiaEubanks wrote about this is her book #AutomatingInequality back in 2018
"A new aged care algorithm has cut his support, no human can override it."
That statement is bullshit. No human has *chosen* to override it, because they want poor aged people dead.
#bloodinthemachine #automatinginequality #australia
That statement is bullshit. No human has *chosen* to override it, because they want poor aged people dead.
#bloodinthemachine #automatinginequality #australia
1/2 Graham is 80 and living with advanced MND. He can’t walk, eat or breathe without support. Because he is over 65, he cannot access the NDIS. A new aged care algorithm has cut his support, no human can override it.
His 79 year old wife is now lifting him alone.
His 79 year old wife is now lifting him alone.
March 9, 2026 at 6:20 AM
"A new aged care algorithm has cut his support, no human can override it."
That statement is bullshit. No human has *chosen* to override it, because they want poor aged people dead.
#bloodinthemachine #automatinginequality #australia
That statement is bullshit. No human has *chosen* to override it, because they want poor aged people dead.
#bloodinthemachine #automatinginequality #australia
EVERYTHING IS FINE. @alexmckinnon.bsky.social ;)
fyi @jeremynadel8.bsky.social what a coincidence! ⬆️
AI huh? #automatinginequality #melbourne #vicpol
fyi @jeremynadel8.bsky.social what a coincidence! ⬆️
AI huh? #automatinginequality #melbourne #vicpol
The City of Melbourne is looking to upgrade its 280 cameras with facial recognition and AI that detects signs of crime, uncleanliness and vandalism.
Read more: ia.acs.org.au/article/2025...
Read more: ia.acs.org.au/article/2025...
Melbourne Council wants facial recognition
And AI to detect vandalism and dumped trolleys.
ia.acs.org.au
May 14, 2025 at 9:28 AM
EVERYTHING IS FINE. @alexmckinnon.bsky.social ;)
fyi @jeremynadel8.bsky.social what a coincidence! ⬆️
AI huh? #automatinginequality #melbourne #vicpol
fyi @jeremynadel8.bsky.social what a coincidence! ⬆️
AI huh? #automatinginequality #melbourne #vicpol