Reposted by Fabiola Torres
In Peru, a flawed algorithm resulted in the exclusion of over 80,000 elderly people living in extreme poverty from vital social programs.
Reinstatement remains a struggle.
AI Fellow @fabiola-torres.bsky.social, Rocio Romero, & @jasonmartinez.bsky.social for @saludconlupa.com. bit.ly/3HdgymP
pulitzercenter.org
The Older Adults the Algorithm Doesn’t See: Flaws in Peru’s Poverty Targeting System (Spanish)
An English summary of this report is below. The original report, published in Spanish in Salud con lupa, follows. In Peru, thousands of older adults live in extreme poverty but are unable to access...