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RE: https://aus.social/@jhaue/116144724922192499

Absolutely disgusting. 😤 Your blood will boil if you read this article; stories of humble people not asking for much, being penalsed & traumatised by auto-algo-AI-slop-stupid & weasel words about ‘fine-tuning’ the system: "It's quite inhumane” is the least of it.🤬
New Minister Sam Rae does not cover himself in glory either - pathetic response. 😤
Hard to believe this is happening so recently after Robodebt & that the public service bureaucracy & the federal govt & indeed other govts have learned so little! Perhaps it’s because no one was adequately punished for Robodebt? ‘AI says No’ has become the excuse of the day. 😤

#AusPol #inhumane #AISlop #AIHarms #ComputerSaysNo #AISaysNo #Robodebt #reconnectingConsequencesToCauses

John Holmes

@jhaue@aus.social · 4 hours ago

Melbourne man Graham Crossan has advanced motor neurone disease and cannot eat, talk or breathe unassisted.
He's been denied funding for high-level care due to a new algorithm for assessing aged care funding.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02-28/graham-crossan-mnd-ndis-funding-fight/106397572

Jo the Neenish Tart

@neenish_tart@aus.social · 2 hours ago

@Su_G "can't be overridden by humans" what a bullshit excuse 😡

Su_G

@Su_G@aus.social · 2 hours ago

@neenish_tart
Yes, isn’t it just! “can't be overridden by humans" what a bullshit excuse 😡
Humans built it & humans can unbuild it. And no human should build a system to pick on the most vulnerable who are already overloaded with caring.

sortius :Fire_Bisexual:

@sortius@infosec.exchange · 3 hours ago

@Su_G there's currently 3 separate "Robodebt" clones out there:

NDIS changes
Aged care changes
Robobreach

All three are clearly illegal, but Labor brought them in anyway

Heather Evans

@feather1952@aus.social · 3 hours ago

@Su_G
It’s so grotesque in its obvious repercussions for people that need the help. It horrifies me for those it’s affecting.
Where is the msm on this, these people need to have some recourse & legal representation!

MyView

@MyView@aus.social · 2 hours ago

@feather1952 @Su_G

Speaking of the MSM ... how desperate are they for new $ub$criber$ ...

Coles email ... :)

"The KitchenAid Cookware range could be yours sooner than you think!

You’ll earn 5 bonus cookware credits when you purchase the Saturday Herald Sun, Sunday Herald Sun, Geelong Advertiser or The Weekend Australian in-store at Coles and scan your Flybuys between Sat 28 Feb to Sun 1 Mar 2026.1"

Su_G

@Su_G@aus.social · 2 hours ago

@MyView @feather1952
Ha! I also see that MSM ‘the Australian’, advertising like crazy on SBS, plugging itself as having a contest of ideas or some such, ‘beyond the algorithm’ as if it lives in a different land to the rest of us, bastion of truth & all that. 😂 This is where their low quality outrage stenography gets them… (ok, sorry, I’m sure they all publish the occasional spot of journalism maybe even good journalism, but my blood’s still boiling 😤from the new (?) direction of Aged Care etc: let’s pick on the most needy & vulnerable & make it impossible to change or challenge because that font of all wisdom: ‘algorithm says No’).😤
#MSM #agedCare #AusPol #algorithms

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