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Re:Google/Fitbit will monetise health data and harm consumers by tqi on Wednesday September 30, 2020 @05:35PM (#24644216)
Agree that is possible, but from what I've seen for the most part big data and predictive ML has been incremental (at best) to more naive methods.
Re:Google/Fitbit will monetise health data and harm consumers by disgruntledphd2 on Thursday October 01, 2020 @07:45AM (#24649806)
Yup, yup. The real efficiencies in insurance come from data, not models. This is mostly true because the models which can be used are massively regulated, and must be explained to regulators (which sounds like a fun job).