When governments trust AI too much

Have you ever wondered what happens when governments put too much faith in AI? In this episode, we talk about the story of the Dutch Tax Department's "toeslagenaffaire" (social benefits scandal), which is a warning about the dangers of unchecked algorithms.

A welfare program intended to support families transformed into a tool of injustice, which was tearing lives apart due to a rogue AI system. This isn't a dystopian future; it's the reality in the Netherlands

The topics:

How an algorithm, designed to detect fraud, became a weapon of mass destruction, wrongly accusing families based on flimsy factors like ethnicity and minor errors

The tragic consequences: families losing their homes, children being placed in foster care, and even lives lost to suicide due to the crushing we ...