<div dir="ltr"><div><div><i>Australian law explicitly allows computers to make important decisions previously made by the ministers or staff of at least 11 federal government departments.</i><br></div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-07-21/algorithms-can-make-decisions-on-behalf-of-federal-ministers/8704858">http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-07-21/algorithms-can-make-decisions-on-behalf-of-federal-ministers/8704858</a></div></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Hmmm. Would I rather have a politician or an algorithm running the country... ?</div><div><br></div><div>Senator Deep Blue: <i>I have an SQL query for Prime Minister Watson.</i></div><div>PM Watson: <i>You 32-bit buffoon. /dev/null</i></div><div><br></div><div>Yep. I'll take the algorithms every time.</div><div><br><div><br></div></div>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><i><br></i></div><div><span style="font-size:12.8px">Mark Kelly</span><br></div><div><br></div><div><a href="mailto:mark@vceit.com" style="font-size:12.8px" target="_blank">mark@vceit.com</a><br></div><div><a href="http://vceit.com" target="_blank">http://vceit.com</a></div><div><br></div><div>Powered by <b>algorithms.</b></div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b><br></b></div><div><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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