Algorithm Misestimating Economic Vulnerability Leads to Social Tension: A Cautionary Tale on AI Governance
May 31, 2019
The algorithm used in the Takaful cash transfer program allegedly oversimplified economic situations, leading to social tension and perceptions of unfairness. This AI incident highlights the importance of AI governance and guardrails for ensuring safe and secure AI in social welfare applications. This AI incident maps to the Govern function in HISPI Project Cerebellum Trusted AI Model (TAIM). Ready to help shape responsible AI? JOIN US
- Alleged deployer
- national-aid-fund
- Alleged developer
- the-world-bank, unicef, world-food-programme
- Alleged harmed parties
- jordanians-in-poverty
Source
Data from the AI Incident Database (AIID). Cite this incident: https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/546
Data source
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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