California's AI in Vaccine Distribution: A Question of Equity - Understanding the Role in Safe and Secure AI
February 12, 2021
California's algorithm for vaccine distribution, utilizing ZIP codes instead of census tracts, has been criticized for perpetuating health disparities in vulnerable communities. This AI incident maps to the Govern function in HISPI Project Cerebellum Trusted AI Model (TAIM). Ready to help shape responsible AI and prevent such harm? JOIN US
- Alleged deployer
- california-department-of-public-health
- Alleged developer
- blue-shield-of-california
- Alleged harmed parties
- california-low-income-neighborhoods, california-communities-of-color
Source
Data from the AI Incident Database (AIID). Cite this incident: https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/104
Data source
Incident data is from the AI Incident Database (AIID).
When citing the database as a whole, please use:
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.
Pre-print on arXiv · Database snapshots & citation guide
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