A recent article on The Register, tells the tale of some Japanese programmers who have developed an algorithm for emergency call centres that can tell whether you are about to die, by the sound of your voice. What a great idea, it means that workers will be able to prioritise and organise calls, time wasters will (quite literally) be eliminated. The only downside is that seriously sick people could die. Ho-hum…

Unlike these misguided techies, the rest of us value automation approaches which are as good in theory as they are put into practice.

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