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It’s all a symptom of the breaking of the social contract.
The ultra wealthy and shareholder class will obviously act like this guy didn’t do anything wrong. But he literally deployed AI to deny as many claims as possible to make the number go up. Thats some “banality of evil” shit right there.
It’s justified by looking at actuarial tables and deciding that fighting in court and losing is still worth the money because so many people give up or just DIE before they actually get to court.
It’s the CEO class that has broken the social contract. And this kind of response is going to become more and more inevitable. It’s sad, but it’s where we are.
Comment by onthehornsofadilemma at 08/12/2024 at 06:51 UTC
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The AI part reminds me of Dune lore. The jihad that got rid of "thinking machines" was started by a woman whose pregnancy was terminated by AI, so humanity went to war for their right to self determination.
Comment by LordMuffin1 at 08/12/2024 at 08:30 UTC
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That is not banality of evil. That is evil.
The banality of evil are those who implemented the AI system. Because they just did as they where told.