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  • Zrybew@lemmy.worldtoWorld News@lemmy.ml•A Paradigm Shift in Social Policy: How Finland Conquered Homelessness
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    3 months ago

    TL;DR: The program provides permanent housing to homeless individuals without prerequisites like sobriety, contrasting with other countries where conditions often apply.

    By focusing on stable housing first, Finland has created supportive environments where individuals can address other personal issues with professional help.

    The program has not only improved lives but also resulted in substantial public cost savings. However, recent political shifts and budget cuts threaten the future of these initiatives.

  • Zrybew@lemmy.worldtoTechnology@lemmy.world•Inside Mark Zuckerberg’s Top-Secret Hawaii Compound | WIREDEnglish
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    7 months ago

    First of all, bravo to the bunker building industry, to manage to sell doomsday preping to all these rich folks.

    Now, from a practical standpoint, how cool it’s to have $300m laying around for your little hobby? Because that’s what this is, a hobby.

    If society collapse, that Shit may buy them a couple of years tops, of a very miserable life.

    They won’t Fuck scape to Mars or to a bunker. We’ll eventually eat the rich like a fucking French revolution and spend few generations cleaning the mess.

  • Zrybew@lemmy.worldtoTechnology@lemmy.world•UnitedHealthcare accused of using AI that denies critical medical care coverage | (Allegedly) putting profit before patients? What a shock.English
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    8 months ago

    UnitedHealthcare, is being sued over claims it is using a flawed AI model. The system is said to have wrongfully denied health coverage to critical elderly patients and disagreed with doctors’ determinations.

    The lawsuit followed an investigation by Stat News about the use of an AI algorithm called nH Predict developed by Navihealth. The algorithm is used to anticipate how long patients will stay in rehab following acute injuries, illness, or events. Post-acute care includes the likes of nursing homes and rehab centers. The algorithm reportedly does this by examining a database of medical cases from 6 million patients and estimating a patients’ medical requirements and length of stay.

    The lawsuit alleges that the AI system has a 90% error rate and overruled the post-acute care opinions of physicians.

  • Zrybew@lemmy.worldtoTechnology@lemmy.world•Meta sued by 33 state AGs for addictive features targeting kidsEnglish
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    9 months ago

    The key difference is that Meta mislead parents, and breached privacy laws by gathering children’s data to further enhance advertising.

    The lawsuit claims that Meta’s platforms were designed to maximize the time children and teenagers spend on its apps using psychologically manipulative features, and falsely portrayed its products as safe, all in an effort to generate profit .

    The lawsuit suggests a perceived lack of transparency and potential violation of federal children’s online privacy laws, which is being challenged in court. This legal action could set a precedent for how digital platforms, including video games, might be regulated in the future, especially regarding features that could be seen as exploitative or harmful to younger users.

    In comparison, video games have a rating system in place to help parents decide if it’s suitable for their children, and exploitative mechanics like Loot Boxes were banned in Europe for under 18yo.