Mathematics Homework Help

I need help with a Statistics question. All explanations and answers will be used to help me learn.

Discussion Prompt(s): Some recent decision aided models use artificial intelligence and other programming methods to collate and evaluate huge amounts of information in order to predict a result. The hope is that these calculations take into account more variables than a human would be able to (or want to).

Considering this please address the following prompts in your discussion:

Is this a step forward? Why or why not?

Think of an example where this approach would be beneficial and then another where it might be detrimental.