The flawed algorithm at the heart of Robodebt

Robodebt teaches us that even simple automated decision-making systems come with the biases of the people, systems and policies that conceive them

By Associate Professor Toby Murray, Dr Marc Cheong and Professor Jeannie Paterson, University of Melbourne

Published 10 July 2023

Associate Professor Toby Murray

School of Computing and Information Systems, Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology, University of Melbourne

Dr Marc Cheong

Senior Fellow, Melbourne Law School; Senior Lecturer, Digital Ethics, School of Computing and Information Systems, Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology, University of Melbourne

Professor Jeannie Marie Paterson

Co-director, Centre for Artificial Intelligence and Digital Ethics (CAIDE), Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology and Melbourne Law School; Co-director, Digital Access and Equity Research Program, Melbourne Social Equity Institute; Professor, Melbourne Law School, University of Melbourne

The flawed algorithm at the heart of Robodebt

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