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The Ways AI Decides How Low-Income People Work, Live, Learn, and Survive
Report from TechTonic Justice Inescapable AI The Ways AI Decides How Low-Income People Work, Live, Learn, and Survive The use of artificial intelligence, or AI, by governments, landlords, employers, and other powerful private interests restricts the opportunities of low-income people in every basic aspect of life: at home, at work, in school, at government offices, and within families. AI technologies derive from a lineage of automation and algorithms that have been in use for decades with established patterns of harm to low-income communities.
As a result, people are denied health insurance, home-based care needed to avoid nursing facilities, and medically necessary treatments and medicines. Language services: About 5 million low-income people with limited English proficiency are exposed to some form of AI-based translation in government benefit offices, schools, hospitals, medical clinics, law enforcement agencies, or courts. As a result, people experience violence not being taken sufficiently seriously by authorities, diminished ability to escape violent situations, and greater obstacles to obtaining any relief in court.
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