A machine-learning model in Flint that once helped predict lead pipe locations with 70% accuracy was abandoned due to political decisions to excavate everywhere (Alexis C. Madrigal/The Atlantic)

Alexis C. Madrigal / The Atlantic:
A machine-learning model in Flint that once helped predict lead pipe locations with 70% accuracy was abandoned due to political decisions to excavate everywhere  —  A machine-learning model showed promising results, but city officials and their engineering contractor abandoned it.

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