Is there any instance where a citizen gets the choice to opt out of this forced terrorism? I trust no human programmed machine to make decisions for me. Sure, I use a desktop computer which is a programmed machine, but I don't let it make my decisions as it is for mostly used for info gathering and other practical purposes.
You're right to trust no system that makes decisions about you without recourse. That instinct is why we need to demand structural protections, not just promises. The safeguards mentioned in this piece - accessible correction, human appeal, service alternatives, protection from exclusion - aren't luxuries. They're the minimum baseline for a democratic state. The real question is whether citizens organize to demand them, or whether we sleepwalk into systems where "the algorithm said so" becomes the final word. Your skepticism is the beginning of that demand.
Is there any instance where a citizen gets the choice to opt out of this forced terrorism? I trust no human programmed machine to make decisions for me. Sure, I use a desktop computer which is a programmed machine, but I don't let it make my decisions as it is for mostly used for info gathering and other practical purposes.
You're right to trust no system that makes decisions about you without recourse. That instinct is why we need to demand structural protections, not just promises. The safeguards mentioned in this piece - accessible correction, human appeal, service alternatives, protection from exclusion - aren't luxuries. They're the minimum baseline for a democratic state. The real question is whether citizens organize to demand them, or whether we sleepwalk into systems where "the algorithm said so" becomes the final word. Your skepticism is the beginning of that demand.