India’s 50-year-old welfare programme now uses AI to decide who gets food. Across Anganwadi centres, pregnant women and new mothers must pass a facial recognition scan before receiving rations.
India’s 50-year-old welfare programme now uses AI to decide who gets food. Across Anganwadi centres, pregnant women and new mothers must pass a facial recognition scan before receiving rations.
Somehow it’s acceptable because a computer is involved. Imagine if the powers that be chose a physical method of obfuscation. Like, what if they said "we’ve decided you can only get this benefit you’re entitled to after flipping a coin to heads.