Victoria Attah

Jun 4, 2024 | pnas.org | Kathryn Edin |Victoria Attah |David Milner |Yufeng “Francis” Fang

The origins of unpredictability in life outcome prediction tasksContributed by Kathryn Edin; received December 29, 2023; accepted April 12, 2024; reviewed by Michael Hout and Mario L. SmallSignificanceScientists and decision-makers routinely make life outcome predictions: they use information from the past to predict what will happen to someone in the future. These predictions, whether made by human experts or algorithms, are often used to guide actions.