I don't even think that the School's HR sees anyone as inferiors, just that proceduralism, credentialism, and legalism allows anyone from ever having to make moral judgements or solve moral dilemmas.
Exactly this. I had to suffer under the oppressive weight of the "zero tolerance" policies in school. As a kid who got bullied a lot for being weird (got onto computers at 5 and never really socialized much), the policy which was intended to help people like me ended up making things a lot worse. Other kids resented me if teachers found out about things they did because of the punishments. At least a few times I'd get punished myself because they didn't want to even attempt to sort out what had happened for fear of making an error.
People seem to see technology as something which will liberate them from difficult decisions through automation. In actual practice though, impersonal systems can't make reasonable decisions about individual people, and the errors they make can end up being significantly greater than whatever problems they solve.
At least a few times I'd get punished myself because they didn't want to even attempt to sort out what had happened for fear of making an error.
This reminds me of one time in early grade school. I skinned my knee during a lunch break and went inside to have it cleaned up. While I was in there something happened outside (I never did find out what), and I guess none of the adults supervising were really paying attention. So they just bulk punished everyone. I had a pretty obvious alibi (I was literally getting bandaged away from everyone else) but once I came back they still punished me too just because they were punishing everyone.
"Why will AI never replace certain industries like law and governance?"
impersonal systems can't make reasonable decisions about individual people, and the errors they make can end up being significantly greater than whatever problems they solve.
Exactly this. I had to suffer under the oppressive weight of the "zero tolerance" policies in school. As a kid who got bullied a lot for being weird (got onto computers at 5 and never really socialized much), the policy which was intended to help people like me ended up making things a lot worse. Other kids resented me if teachers found out about things they did because of the punishments. At least a few times I'd get punished myself because they didn't want to even attempt to sort out what had happened for fear of making an error.
People seem to see technology as something which will liberate them from difficult decisions through automation. In actual practice though, impersonal systems can't make reasonable decisions about individual people, and the errors they make can end up being significantly greater than whatever problems they solve.
This reminds me of one time in early grade school. I skinned my knee during a lunch break and went inside to have it cleaned up. While I was in there something happened outside (I never did find out what), and I guess none of the adults supervising were really paying attention. So they just bulk punished everyone. I had a pretty obvious alibi (I was literally getting bandaged away from everyone else) but once I came back they still punished me too just because they were punishing everyone.
Absolute insanity.
Sounds about right.
"Why will AI never replace certain industries like law and governance?"