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It sounds like they un-anonymized the data, which strikes me as slightly unethical. (I mean it's not medical data or anything, but I don't think that was the in
by e34093409oent 9y ago
It sounds like they un-anonymized the data, which strikes me as slightly unethical. (I mean it's not medical data or anything, but I don't think that was the intended use of the anonymized data.)
Further, it seems like the results of this will be used to deny loans to restaurants that are not doing so great, thus ensuring that they fail because they can't get funding for renovations and improvements.
- spiznnx 9y agoI don't think this model uncovered anything new for lenders. Chains with little competition where people expect them do well.
- malifier 9y agoThe original dataset already contained the names, addresses and coordinates of each restaurant. Finding the restaurant ids does not reveal any additional information. It just makes it easier to reveal recent information from yelp which is available through their API anyway