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> The awesome thing about black-box algorithms is they can't be challenged when they're wrong

I want to call this "responsibility laundering". You get money, but wash away any responsibility, thus cleaning it.

The more stuff is managed by algorithms, the more it’ll become important that there is a legal right to challenge them and even hold those who adopt or implement them some kind of accountable.

  the more it’ll become important that there is a legal right to challenge them

Unfortunately, I don't see a political climate capable of this for another century or longer..

For now, we have to rely on the social algorithm of 'reputation'

There’s a great book about this called The Unaccountability Machine by Dan Davies.

Sure they can. Sounds like a class action too.

"We didn't know our vendor would do so badly." wink wink nudge nudge

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