Exploring the Potential Impact of California's AI-Powered Vaccine Allocation Algorithm on Equity and Harm Prevention
This article discusses an AI-driven vaccine allocation algorithm in California, which raises concerns about equitable distribution. The algorithm could inadvertently leave 2 million struggling Californians without additional vaccine supply. This AI incident maps to the Govern function in HISPI Project Cerebellum Trusted AI Model (TAIM). For those interested in ensuring trustworthy AI and promoting harm prevention, join us.JOIN US.
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Data from the AI Incident Database (AIID). Cite this incident: https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/104
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Incident data is from the AI Incident Database (AIID).
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McGregor, S. (2021) Preventing Repeated Real World AI Failures by Cataloging Incidents: The AI Incident Database. In Proceedings of the Thirty-Third Annual Conference on Innovative Applications of Artificial Intelligence (IAAI-21). Virtual Conference.
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