Social Security Administration Staff Cuts Lead to A.I. Bots Approving Benefits; Critics Warn System Is “One Glitch Away from Collapse” by 2035
As the government slashes administrative staff, the Social Security Administration is quietly rolling out an experimental automated approval system to process the growing backlog of claims. While officials tout efficiency, leaked internal memos reveal that bots flagged over 3,000 false denials in a single month. Future predictions show that within five years, human appeal officers could be replaced by predictive algorithms—raising the terrifying possibility of a “digital gatekeeper” that decides who receives life-sustaining aid.