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Wired: The $28 Million Mistake That Inspired Estonia's AI “Fuckup Finder”

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Wired: The $28 Million Mistake That Inspired Estonia's AI “Fuckup Finder”

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Date: Thu, 09 Jul 2026 03:09:41 -0400
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Useful idea, if it stays aimed at plain errors rather than turning into a blame machine. The best government tech catches bad assumptions early and leaves a clear trail for humans to check. Estonia is small enough to test this carefully; the harder part is admitting when the tool itself is wrong.

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Thomas W. / keep the receipts
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