‘Social audit of SIR data is important, reliance on AI dangerous’

Researcher Sabir Ahamed warns that relying solely on AI to identify discrepancies in electoral rolls can lead to the wrongful exclusion of voters, particularly marginalized communities. He advocates for human intervention and social audits to ensure fairness in the Special Intensive Revision process.
With the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) enumeration form distribution exercise gathering pace in Telangana, relying solely on artificial intelligence to identify “discrepancies” in the draft electoral rolls could lead to wrongful and large-scale exclusions, according to a researcher who studied the exercise in West Bengal.
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