Further Reports of Impending Doom

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Soviet constructivist graphic: a mechanical rubber stamp bearing DENIED descends onto geometric paper forms amid industrial gears and bureaucratic machinery in red and black

Jul 14, 20263 min

The Algorithm Recommends Discharge. The Doctor Objects. The Patient Pays.

UnitedHealthcare deployed an AI tool with a documented 90% error rate to determine when elderly Medicare patients had received sufficient post-acute care. The company notes, with some care, that the tool was not making decisions. It was guiding them.

Apr 20, 20263 min

Prediction Markets Place $1 Billion in Suspiciously Well-Timed War Bets

Nine connected Polymarket accounts placed over eighty bets on the US-Israel war with Iran and won 98% of them, netting $2.4 million while correctly calling airstrikes, an assassination, and a ceasefire before the public knew. Regulators are investigating; the accounts remain anonymous.