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Automated predictions affect many areas of modern life, including risk scores in health care and insurance, potential mates in online dating apps, and recommendations in film and music streaming services.

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Finlay, R., Takeda, H. (2021). Reflections on Decision-Making and Artificial Intelligence. In: Braunschweig, B., Ghallab, M. (eds) Reflections on Artificial Intelligence for Humanity. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 12600. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-69128-8_5

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