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Jev Fever: Predictive AI Is Superhot Again
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GenAI Owns the Hype, but Predictive AI Is Thriving
  EDITOR’S NOTE: This article is adapted from the...
The Data Disconnect: A Key Challenge for Machine Learning Deployment
  EDITOR’S NOTE: This article is excerpted from The...
A Brief History of Why Machine Learning Projects Stall
  EDITOR’S NOTE: This is the preface to The...

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Transitions: Predicting The Next Event

 Models predicting the potential spread of the COVID-19 pandemic have become a fixture of American life. Many of these models use typical demographic data, coupled with underlying medical conditions, infection rates, etc. Indeed, the spread of this disease may have made ‘predictive models’ a frequent household topic of conversation. Much discussion has occurred on the