This has been the past and present for a long at this point. "Sorry there's nothing we can do, the system won't let me."

Also see Weapons of Math Destruction [0].

c22 4 hours ago | parent | next [-]

I don't know if this case is in the book you cited, but in the UK they convicted many people of crimes just because the computer told them so: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Post_Office_scandal

	▲	shakna 4 hours ago \| parent [-]
		And Australia made the poorer and suicidal: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robodebt_scheme

denkmoon 4 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Also elegantly summed up as "Computer says no" (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x0YGZPycMEU)