When we warn the real threat of AI is how it’s used against people in the present, not the fantasies that some day computers might think for themselves, this is exactly the kind of thing we’re talking about: health insurers using AI to deny care.

https://arstechnica.com/health/2023/11/ai-with-90-error-rate-forces-elderly-out-of-rehab-nursing-homes-suit-claims/

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UnitedHealth uses AI model with 90% error rate to deny care, lawsuit alleges

For the largest health insurer in the US, AI's error rate is like a feature, not a bug.

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@parismarx That's more like just plain fraud than it is "AI".

@jimvernon @parismarx Fraud is what UnitedHealthcare does best.

Not even clever, sophisticated fraud either. They'll just take your money every month and then tell your doctor that they've never heard of you.