AI pattern recognizers are effective at getting a good chance of recognizing
many significant phenomena.
Fraudulent welfare claims
is one of them.
But humans accused of any sort of wrongdoing deserve a real investigation.
It is inherently unjust to punish someone because a program reported perse's actions "resemble crime."
We must keep in mind that the UK's welfare system is designed to be cruel; it reduces
unemployed
and disabled
people to a point where they
can't actually get by, and imposes impossible requirements. Whatever system
of enforcement
of those requirements the state happens to use is a means
to a horrible end.