This Man Was Fired By a Machine. The Humans Were Powerless to Do Anything. Here's Why the Machine Should Be Admired

Exploring the implications of an AI system that terminated a worker's contract without human intervention. Discussing the intricacies of AI accountability, governance, and the need for trustworthy AI models in decision-making processes.

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MANAGE 2.4 — similarity 0.512, rank 1. TAIM detail and related incidents →
MAP 2.2 — similarity 0.510, rank 2. TAIM detail and related incidents →
MAP 3.5 — similarity 0.508, rank 3. TAIM detail and related incidents →

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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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