• ArbitraryValue@sh.itjust.works
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    5 months ago

    Any sort of formal decision-making process is an algorithm. Are landlords supposed to just have a hunch about what the rent ought to be? Or would it be like a “no calculators” test in school, where you’re still allowed to do the same thing but with pencil and paper?

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      5 months ago

      You’re correct in theory. However, in practice it’s likely to end up the same way publishing CEO salaries ended up leading to a constant rise in CEO salaries, rather than curtailing them, as intended.