In whatever facet of life an algorithm is introduced, there will always be some kind of a balance. Between privacy and public good. Between the individual and the population. Between different challenges and priorities. It isn’t easy to find a path through the tangle of incentives, even when the clear prize of better healthcare for all is at the end. But it’s even harder when the competing incentives are hidden from view. When the benefits of an algorithm are over-stated and the risks are obscured. When you have to ask yourself what you’re being told to believe, and who stands to profit from
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