• conciselyverbose@kbin.social
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    9 months ago

    “Automatically” would be a perfectly reasonable word choice if a request from the police is granted without interaction. In all honesty even if a human has to send it, if the process doesn’t allow them any kind of autonomy or authority to decline the request, that probably qualifies, too.

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      9 months ago

      Hm, I guess you’re right. That’s an interesting reflection on the concept of “automation”.

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        9 months ago

        I think automated means “no human”. I don’t think automatic necessarily does, especially if humans don’t have agency.