While Brian Thompson was CEO of United Health Care, the company began using an AI to automate the denial of services. The AI was found to have a 90% error rate, but the company continued to use it, resulting in people being denied medically-necessary and fully-covered treatments. 
In capitalism, even people who are paid to deny humanity to others are themselves in a precarious position, soon to be replaced by computer algorithms, all in a quest for profits.
The horror of today isn't that a man was shot, it's that another man felt he had no other options.
The horror of today isn't that a man was shot, it's that another man felt he had no other options.
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