The consultants come in, recommend you fire 10% of your workforce, and when you pull the trigger you say, sorry McKinsey made me do it! Likewise, the recommendations made by the software are non-binding, but if pushed you say “well the algorithm said so…”
In either case, it’s the c-suite/property manager making the call. But it seems that we like a measure of distance between ourselves and unpleasant decisions. The algorithm/well-groomed 20-somethings provide a kind of plausible deniability.
The consultants come in, recommend you fire 10% of your workforce, and when you pull the trigger you say, sorry McKinsey made me do it! Likewise, the recommendations made by the software are non-binding, but if pushed you say “well the algorithm said so…”
In either case, it’s the c-suite/property manager making the call. But it seems that we like a measure of distance between ourselves and unpleasant decisions. The algorithm/well-groomed 20-somethings provide a kind of plausible deniability.
The answer is, of course, a ton more housing.