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A Secret Algorithm Is Deciding Who Will Die in America
Decisions on reopening should involve public data and debate.
Open for business.
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I have written extensively on the dangers that arise when authorities rely on inscrutable algorithms to make important decisions, bypassing public conversations. All too often, their statistically careless models end up costing lives and livelihoods.
Sadly, this appears to be precisely what will happen with the Trump administration’s Covid-19 model.