automation Archives - The Chicago Reporter http://www.chicagoreporter.com/tag/automation/ Investigating race and poverty since 1972 Fri, 28 Feb 2020 18:55:50 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.chicagoreporter.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/logo-1-reverse-1-150x150-1.png automation Archives - The Chicago Reporter http://www.chicagoreporter.com/tag/automation/ 32 32 163009088 AI algorithms intended to root out welfare fraud often end up punishing the poor instead https://www.chicagoreporter.com/ai-algorithms-intended-to-root-out-welfare-fraud-often-end-up-punishing-the-poor-instead/ https://www.chicagoreporter.com/ai-algorithms-intended-to-root-out-welfare-fraud-often-end-up-punishing-the-poor-instead/#respond Fri, 21 Feb 2020 00:30:00 +0000 https://www.chicagoreporter.com/?p=5522772 States are increasingly turning to machine learning and algorithms to detect fraud in food stamps, Medicaid and other welfare programs – despite little evidence of actual fraud.

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]]> https://www.chicagoreporter.com/ai-algorithms-intended-to-root-out-welfare-fraud-often-end-up-punishing-the-poor-instead/feed/ 0 5522772 Report: Amazon workers’ injuries spike during holiday season at Illinois facility https://www.chicagoreporter.com/report-amazon-workers-injuries-spike-during-holiday-season-at-illinois-facility/ https://www.chicagoreporter.com/report-amazon-workers-injuries-spike-during-holiday-season-at-illinois-facility/#respond Tue, 10 Dec 2019 15:15:56 +0000 https://www.chicagoreporter.com/?p=5208945 Safety records obtained by the Warehouse Workers for Justice build on recent reporting by Reveal finding that warehouse injury rates climb with automation.

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]]> https://www.chicagoreporter.com/report-amazon-workers-injuries-spike-during-holiday-season-at-illinois-facility/feed/ 0 5208945 Worker-protection laws aren’t ready for an automated future https://www.chicagoreporter.com/worker-protection-laws-arent-ready-for-an-automated-future/ https://www.chicagoreporter.com/worker-protection-laws-arent-ready-for-an-automated-future/#respond Wed, 28 Aug 2019 21:02:50 +0000 https://www.chicagoreporter.com/?p=4008068 If your job doesn't currently involve automation or artificial intelligence in some way, it likely will soon. Computer-based worker surveillance and performance analysis will come, too.

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]]> https://www.chicagoreporter.com/worker-protection-laws-arent-ready-for-an-automated-future/feed/ 0 4008068 Universal basic income could redress the high cost of underemployment in Chicago https://www.chicagoreporter.com/universal-basic-income-could-redress-the-high-cost-of-underemployment-in-chicago/ https://www.chicagoreporter.com/universal-basic-income-could-redress-the-high-cost-of-underemployment-in-chicago/#comments Thu, 23 Aug 2018 18:39:59 +0000 https://www.chicagoreporter.com/?p=2381959 In a booming economy failing to provide enough living wage jobs, the city can more than afford to try Ald. Ameya Pawar’s proposal to relieve poverty.

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