[gwd]

Sounds a bit like a lot of "machine learning" actually (when it's done blindly).

But do you have any specific references for the kind of thing you're talking about? It sounds plausible, but if I had a dollar for every time something plausible-sounding was completely wrong...

[WhompingWindows]

Sounds like someone doing linear regression, claiming it's artificial intelligence, and charging $150k salary in a year for said data science...

[surak]

I don't want to personalize the comment. But in Europe there are many examples where McKinsey implement a model to fix the money distribution problem. At the end, society gives up the culture and ideals. While the ppl get short handed the partners get a bonus. Still, I think this is mostly a problem of bad public leadership that is not approachable.