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"Computer Says No..." | Little Britain | Lucas & Walliams

Matt Lucas and David Walliams
Comedy
YouTube
Cited on HN 3 times, 2024–2025, never outright recommended score 0
Years with an HN recommendation, 2007–2026

HN uses it as a joke reference to automated systems and bureaucratic refusals.

The Little Britain sketch in which call-center worker Carol types into her computer and replies 'computer says no' to every request.

3 jokes · Comedy

3 Hacker News comments

From the HN archive; up to 20 kept per video, favoring different commenters. Recommendations first.

@Rinzler89 Mar 2024 Makes a joke
on HN thread European Union AI Act
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It's sad the comments here bashing this haven't understood the regulation, or haven't even read it and are just slamming it because in their mind EU REGULATION=BAD, AI=GOOD INNOVATION. EU AI regulation isn't there to stop AI innovation, it's only there to restrict where and when AI can be used on decisions that affect people. For example, you can't deny someone healthcare, a bank account, a rental, unemployment payments, or a job, just because "computer says NO" [1]. I don't understand how people can be against this kind of regulation, especially knowing how biased and discriminatory AI can be made to be while also being a convenient scapegoat for poor policies implemented by lazy people in charge: "you see your honor it wasn't our policies and implementation that were discriminatory and ruined lives, it was the AI's fault, not ours" . [1] [this video]
@amiga386 Feb 2025 Makes a joke
on HN thread "A computer can never be held accountable"
"Computer says no" [this video] See also [link] and the legal response to the real-world problem, the right not to be subject to a decision based solely on automated processing : GDPR Article 22 ( [link] )

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