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AI Facial Recognition Is Denying Food To Pregnant Women Across India (www.boomlive.in)
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India’s 50-year-old welfare programme now uses AI to decide who gets food. Across Anganwadi centres, pregnant women and new mothers must pass a facial recognition scan before receiving rations.

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[-] 0x0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 13 points 1 week ago

Somehow it's acceptable because a computer is involved. Imagine if the powers that be chose a physical method of obfuscation. Like, what if they said "we've decided you can only get this benefit you're entitled to after flipping a coin to heads.

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