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Re:IMF researchers: digital footprint yields better credit a... by Retric on Friday February 12, 2021 @06:55PM (#26120044)
Credit worthiness is directly used on job applications etc, so it feeds back into people’s ability to pay back loans. As such accuracy isn’t an independent variable it’s part of a larger system. We don’t want to artificially make people with for example long fingers unable to pay back loans. As such you want to avoid feedback loops even at the cost of some accuracy.

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