Portland Water Bureau SERVUS Algorithm Reportedly Allocates Utility Bill Discount to High-Wealth Consumer
Description
The Portland Water Bureau's AI-driven pilot program for water bill discounts is reported to have randomly selected Tim Boyle, a wealthy high-water consumer, for a 40% discount intended for financially struggling customers. The program, developed by SERVUS, is meant to identify underserved individuals by using machine learning.
Actors
Alleged Deployers
- portland-water-bureau
Alleged Developers
- portland-water-bureau
Harmed Parties
- tim-boyle
- portland-water-bureau
- economically-vulnerable-people
- city-of-portland
- residents-of-portland
- general-public
- general-public-of-oregon
- general-public-of-portland
Classification
Risk Domain
AI Safety & FailuresRisk Subdomain
7.3. Lack of capability or robustness
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