Year: 2021

On corporate decision makers rejecting science in favour of their gut feeling.

If you are so successful to have become a decision maker, and you have been right on a few big things in the past, it’s exceptionally hard to believe that an algorithm can do (much) better than you. https://t.co/QmZA8mqb9C

Think about the implications of this in a context like the retail stock market. https://t.co/WMdIhL3Cjw

Of all the companies that may want to create an #AI like the one in the movie “Her”, Facebook is the one that concerns me the most > Facebook’s BlenderBot 2.0 bot surfs the web for knowledge https://t.co/Jjqvbiffx1

@EricZuck This is great news. The preview image suggested a very different direction.

This is how powerful the new Live Text feature in #iOS15 is. It can recognize text in pictures with various inclinations, from complexity perspectives, and in less than ideal light conditions. https://t.co/wfUHAHWvcN

@discoposse Thanks for sharing it, Eric. Your recommendation is now in the list: https://t.co/pgzzIv3ajy

What is the book that changed your life? (not novels or religious texts)

Asked on Jul 20, 2021

Simple models beat humans. https://t.co/08AlsBcxF6

The Illusion of Validity. The confidence in assessing the situation as is right now leads to the (misplaced) confidence in assessing how the situation will evolve. https://t.co/AeKoFH7SWb

Due to informational cascades, social pressure, and group polarization, a single, highly influential person in a corporation saying “I think a re-org is a good idea” turns into a group saying “I think a re-org is a terrific idea”.

That validation would dissipate any self-doubt. https://t.co/5rLNCtCtvr