Problem
Human incapacity to respond to computer-generated decisions
Other Names:
Vulnerability of human systems to high-speed computer communicationsShortage of time for human response to high technology systems
Incidence:
In 1994 it was reported that in the USA the speed of electronic tax returns on the recently installed computer system of the Internal Revenue Service had resulted in a wave of fraud costing $24 million in 1993. False filing more than doubled in that year. Because refunds had been considerably expedited, there was little time to investigate and block fraudulent requests for refunds. Broader Problems:
Inflexible computer systems Related Problems:
Abusive workplace surveillance Aggravates:
Disruption of financial marketsInstability of the world economyVulnerability of high technology systemsExcessive computer control of social processesDisplacement of human intelligence by machine intelligenceIncapacity of government reserves in relation to currency transactions Strategies:
Protecting against vulnerability of human systems to high-speed computer communicationsImproving human capacity to respond to computer-generated decisionsReducing inequality of social security coverage Subject(s):
Fundamental Sciences → FormMankind → Human
Communication → Communication
Societal Problems → Vulnerability
Societal Problems → Scarcity
Informatics, Classification → Informatics
→ Systems
Technology → Technology
Related UN Sustainable Development Goals:
Problem Type:
F: Fuzzy exceptional problems Date of last update
21.02.1997 – 00:00 CET