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“Henry Kissinger Warns That A.I. Could End Human Enlightenment” – Annie’s Newsletter, May 25th, 2018
HENRY KISSINGER WARNS THAT A.I. COULD END HUMAN ENLIGHTENMENT What’s the likelihood he’s correct? Henry Kissinger recently wrote a thoughtful piece about artificial intelligence in @TheAtlantic. The article
“Group Decision Disaster (Squared)” – Annie’s Newsletter, May 18th, 2018
GROUP DECISION DISASTER (SQUARED): Slow process (rarely meeting) + slow transmission of information (majority-rule decisions) @QuartzAtWork published a great piece last week, “How to design teams to
“David Hasselhoff may have been ahead of the curve on self-driving cars” – Annie’s Newsletter, May 11th, 2018
DAVID HASSELHOFF MAY HAVE BEEN AHEAD OF THE CURVE ON SELF-DRIVING CARS What’s next: beachwear that helps you run in slow-motion? Last Friday, May 4,
“The NFL Draft” – Annie’s Newsletter, May 4th, 2018
THE NFL DRAFT A grand decision experiment, wrapped in a pageant Last week, the NFL drafted newly eligible players for the 2018 season. You could
“Epistemic Spillovers” – Annie’s Newsletter, April 27th, 2018
EPISTEMIC SPILLOVERS “I don’t like that plumber’s bumper sticker. I’m sure I can install my own toilet.” Last week, I wrote about the difference between
“Madeline Albright: Diplomacy is not like Chess” – Annie’s Newsletter, April 20th, 2018
MADELEINE ALBRIGHT: DIPLOMACY IS NOT LIKE CHESS Skill-based decision making, but with unpredictability like billiards (and poker) In a recent interview, former Secretary of State @Madeleine Albright
Bad News in the Event of a Zombie Apocalypse – Annie’s Newsletter, April 13th, 2018
BAD NEWS IN THE EVENT OF A ZOMBIE APOCALYPSE: Overconfidence by inexperienced doctors diagnosing zombie infections — When they tell you “overconfidence is an issue everywhere,”
“Turkeys Can Fly” – Annie’s Newsletter, April 6th, 2018
TURKEYS CAN FLY! Are turkeys the suited connectors of the animal world? A reader calibrates my belief with this YouTube video (If there’s a WKRP in
“Rebellion Against The Bots” – Annie’s Newsletter, March 30th, 2018
REBELLION AGAINST THE BOTS! A new study exposed Twitter users to opposing-view bots: It didn’t end well Left to our own devices, we aren’t likely
“When Underdogs Win, How Much Do Forecasters Lose” – Annie’s Newsletter, March 23rd, 2018
WHEN UNDERDOGS WIN, HOW MUCH DO FORECASTERS LOSE? A view from Nate Silver, and why predictions are treated differently in sports than in politics We