The Flawed Logic at the Heart of the Automation Fantasy
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The Flawed Logic at the Heart of the Automation Fantasy
In a world forged not by the toil of human hands but by the computations of machines, those of us who understand the algorithms hold the trump cards.
Nate Silver • On the Edge
Increasing perversion of certain business models that are liable to be gamed or constrained by AI: We’re shifting from a world where data analysis required long cycles (analysts need lots of time to run queries, analyze, and then present findings in a way that people understand) to a new world of real-time optimization and insights (AI will mine... See more
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This is known as the automation paradox: the skills you automate, you lose. So the more we depend on machines to think for us, the less good we become at thinking for ourselves. The fewer decisions we make, the less good we become at making them. We risk falling into a trap: more need for certainty, more dependency on technology, less skill, more
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