Probably the Formula came from one of those doge Kids, so more likely a Zoomer instead of a boomer.
And i think, they knew full Well, that their numbers were shit and based Off on nothing substantial at all. They Just wanted to hide IT behind some math Formular in Order to Trick the populace. Because its easier to Argument for “an expert approach” instead of “we just made Up some Numbers”
I guess the First Thing gone wrong, was to use an AI in the first place. This is why there still needs to be Subject Matter Experts, on fields and applications, otherwise, you only get stupid Things and Users incorrectly applying existing tech.