I mean, seriously? We have such things in commercial enterprises don't we?
Fighting Corruption in Brazil with Machine Learning
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#12This is the same as "fighting massive surveillance with X", the root of the problem is how the system works. These kind of problems cannot be solved by anything but a massive change in the status quo. As long as corrupt politicians are in power they cannot care less for evidence of potential wrongdoings. In Mexico a renowned writer once said about that: "when the impunity is absolute the appearances are for losers"
Also, given a project like this has significant findings and gets picked up by traditional or social media, it may act as a catalyst to public outrage against said impunity, which may trigger more significant changes.
'Changing how a system works' rarely happens as a result of a single event. Even with changes which have a definite turning point, this turning point is often a drop in a bucket which started to be filled much before.
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#13This is the same as "fighting massive surveillance with X", the root of the problem is how the system works. These kind of problems cannot be solved by anything but a massive change in the status quo. As long as corrupt politicians are in power they cannot care less for evidence of potential wrongdoings. In Mexico a renowned writer once said about that: "when the impunity is absolute the appearances are for losers"
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#14> The idea of automating the analysis of public accounts is unprecedented: engaging the population on training our platform in the analysis and audit. I was expecting something live.
Re: Fighting Corruption in Brazil with Machine Learning
#15This is the same as "fighting massive surveillance with X", the root of the problem is how the system works. These kind of problems cannot be solved by anything but a massive change in the status quo. As long as corrupt politicians are in power they cannot care less for evidence of potential wrongdoings. In Mexico a renowned writer once said about that: "when the impunity is absolute the appearances are for losers"
There is no way to filter the good politicians from the bad, when interests are at stake. If you want to lessen corruption, then you need to balance the distribution of power and encourage competition.
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#16Yeah, the read-me talks about machine learning, and fighting corruption, but it makes no effort to tell how one would help the other.
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#17What is the project about? Yeah, the read-me talks about machine learning, and fighting corruption, but it makes no effort to tell how one would help the other.
https://www.catarse.me/serenata (Portuguese only)
Curiously, Google Translate doesn't seem to understand this page's content and fails to translate it here.
Re: Fighting Corruption in Brazil with Machine Learning
#18This is the same as "fighting massive surveillance with X", the root of the problem is how the system works. These kind of problems cannot be solved by anything but a massive change in the status quo. As long as corrupt politicians are in power they cannot care less for evidence of potential wrongdoings. In Mexico a renowned writer once said about that: "when the impunity is absolute the appearances are for losers"
> As long as corrupt politicians are in power There is no way to filter the good politicians from the bad, when interests are at stake. If you want to lessen corruption, then you need to balance the distribution of power and encourage competition.
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#19What is the project about? Yeah, the read-me talks about machine learning, and fighting corruption, but it makes no effort to tell how one would help the other.
This seems to explain the project in much greater detail: https://www.catarse.me/serenata (Portuguese only) Curiously, Google Translate doesn't seem to understand this page's content and fails to translate it here.
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#20This is the same as "fighting massive surveillance with X", the root of the problem is how the system works. These kind of problems cannot be solved by anything but a massive change in the status quo. As long as corrupt politicians are in power they cannot care less for evidence of potential wrongdoings. In Mexico a renowned writer once said about that: "when the impunity is absolute the appearances are for losers"
Can you tell me the writer's name?