Algorithms · December 2020Gaffe level: Blunder
The coming war on the hidden algorithms that trap people in poverty
Hidden algorithms deciding who gets housing, healthcare, and benefits have been trapping vulnerable people in automated poverty, and lawyers are now fighting back. The bureaucracy runs on code nobody can see.
Source: MIT Technology Review
A Thought-Controlled Bionic Arm Moved Into Its First Home Trial
Avi Davidson, who lost his left arm 17 years ago, is the first person to take the University of Utah's thought-controlled LUKE Arm home for a full year. The direct nerve interface lets him move the arm with his thoughts and feel pressure and texture through it, so within days he was making a sandwich and holding his wife's hand.
Source: University of Utah