Breakdown: Technological Opacity as a Social Problem: The Danger of the Black Box

The danger increases when the State adopts these tools. Predictive surveillance algorithms or systems that grant social bonuses without public workers understanding the criteria undermine trust in institutions. An opaque public system is not democratic. Algorithmic transparency must be a constitutional requirement for any tool used by the government.
This is what the experts are actually worried about.
In cybersecurity, people talk about "security through obscurity," but in social ethics, obscurity is almost always the refuge of injustice.
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