In Australia, algorithms now decide how much help an elderly person is entitled to. The Australian Ombudsman has released a 104-page report on the government's integrated assessment tool system. It is used to determine the amount of home care for older people. The audit showed that the algorithm sometimes produces clinically incorrect recommendations, and experts who assess a person's condition do not, by law, have the right to independently change the result. Moreover, the government cannot clearly explain how the system turns patient information into funding decisions. The ombudsman also revealed that the authorities ignored recommendations that appeared after the scandal, when an automatic system demanded that citizens return social benefits. All this is very interesting, because this is a rake that may not be stepped on in our country. Automation, algorithms, AI seem to be cool. But in fact, a mechanism is created in which a person submits to a machine result. Even when he sees that this result is a mistake.

In Australia, algorithms now decide how much help an elderly person is entitled to. The Australian Ombudsman has released a 104-page report on the government's integrated assessment tool system. It is used to determine the amount of home care for older people. The audit showed that the algorithm sometimes produces clinically incorrect recommendations, and experts who assess a person's condition do not, by law, have the right to independently change the result. Moreover, the government cannot clearly explain how the system turns patient information into funding decisions. The ombudsman also revealed that the authorities ignored recommendations that appeared after the scandal, when an automatic system demanded that citizens return social benefits. All this is very interesting, because this is a rake that may not be stepped on in our country. Automation, algorithms, AI seem to be cool. But in fact, a mechanism is created in which a person submits to a machine result. Even when he sees that this result is a mistake.