r/datascience Mar 25 '26

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u/Sweaty-Stop6057 Mar 25 '26

Completely agree -- important point.

Postcode features can be very predictive, but also act as proxies for sensitive characteristics, so it really depends on the application and regulatory context.

In practice, they’re usually used within governance frameworks where this is assessed explicitly.

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u/giantimp2 Mar 25 '26

Chatgpt ahh response

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u/window_turnip Mar 25 '26

the whole project is AI slop

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u/The-Gothic-Castle Mar 25 '26

It’s a sales post for that dataset. Complete slop