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Re:The big data of bad driving, and how insurers plan to tra... by nitrogen on Friday January 08, 2016 @02:07PM (#10867334)
Is there any transparency to the algorithms they use? Do they penalize based on actual statistics, or just someone's moralized opinion of what "safe" driving means?
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Re:The big data of bad driving, and how insurers plan to tra... by caskance on Friday January 08, 2016 @03:48PM (#10868112)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Actuary
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Re:The big data of bad driving, and how insurers plan to tra... by nitrogen on Friday January 08, 2016 @06:10PM (#10868997)
We're talking about the spy data, not generalized actuarial tables.
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Re:The big data of bad driving, and how insurers plan to tra... by caskance on Monday January 11, 2016 @09:57AM (#10881055)
I'm talking about what the penalties are based on, since you implied it was arbitrary moral judgment.
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