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People should be held accountable for AI and algorithm errors, rights commissioner says

December 16, 2019 By The Guardian

By Josh Taylor

After the robodebt scandal, Ed Santow says it’s time to set rules to govern how such new technologies are used

People need to be held accountable for the mistakes AI and algorithms make on their behalf, such as that seen in the government’s robodebt scandal, according to Australian human rights commissioner Ed Santow.

The proposal comes in a new discussion paper on the impact of new technologies on human rights in Australia, released by the commission on Tuesday.

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