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SWilson
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Is it Fair for ML to judge us all?

January 26th, 2020, 5:47 am

Something to think about while we scatter all of our personal data points and dimensions out there.  I'm a fan of ML for a lot of applications, but this one???  Oh the (lack of) humanity!

https://www.standard.co.uk/tech/airbnb-software-scan-online-life-suitable-guest-a4325551.html
 
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Paul
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Re: Is it Fair for ML to judge us all?

January 26th, 2020, 7:06 am

AirBnB are scum. I didn't need any ML to tell me that.
 
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Re: Is it Fair for ML to judge us all?

January 26th, 2020, 11:25 am

On the other hand, you don't want your investment to be thrashed by lager louts.

In the old days, they used letters of references.