Many of the thorny ethical issues surrounding AI arise when it is used to make predictions about people, particularly predictions that affect life chances. The over arching narrative surrounding the use of AI technology is that if we have lots of data and the ability to process it with machine learning, we can accurately drive predictions. We know that there are issues with inaccuracies for AI-enabled systems when it comes to ensuring that AI works for everyone. Yet, when it

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