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Roman
Idea Compass
North
UPSTREAM: Where does X come from?
What are its origins?
What belief does X support?
What domain exists an order of magnitude higher? zoom out.
What gave birth to X?
What causes X?
West
REINFORCING: What is similar to X?
What other disciplines could X already exist in?
What other disciplines could benefit from X?
What are other ways to say/do X?
South
DOWNSTREAM: Where can X lead to?
What does X contribute to?
What group/category could X be the headline of?
What domain exists an order of magnitude lower? zoom in.
What does X nutrure?
East
TRANSFORMATIVE: What competes with X?
What is the opposite of X?
What is X missing?
What is a disadvantage with X?
What could supercharge X?
Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-7r9t9T9Aww
Almost every popular idea, no matter how dumb, has at least one paper claiming it’s true, one scientist promoting it, or one expert willing to be paid to defend it.
Yet, experts ARE important, and science truly IS one of the most powerful tools ever created for discovering the truth.
Being able to point to just one paper, one scientist, or one... See more
Yet, experts ARE important, and science truly IS one of the most powerful tools ever created for discovering the truth.
Being able to point to just one paper, one scientist, or one... See more
One helpful idea
Being fine with periods of solitude, working alone, pushing things forward without others cheering you on...that's a superpower.
The ability to run your own race, despite what the world is doing, initially looks behind - but puts you out front.
Dr. Julie Gurnertwitter.com
“Specificially, pursuit of novelty creates “luck”, and curiosity is the emotional manifestation of novelty. If we’re more open to what attracts our attention, we’ll get a lot luckier.”
Paul Millerdtwitter.comBuzzfeed recently published a now deleted article on what AI thinks Barbies would look like from different countries around the world.
The results contained extreme forms of representational bias - including colourist and racist depictions, which is something that AI image generators are often prone to... See more
instagram.comBuzzfeed recently published a now deleted article on what AI thinks Barbies would look like from different countries around the world.
The results contained extreme forms of representational bias - including colourist and racist depictions, which is something that AI image generators are often prone to doing.
With AI image generators like MidJourney, Stable Diffusion, and Dall-E gaining huge popularity, it’s important that we are vigilant about the forms of bias that these technologies can fuel.
Full video coming soon on ‘How AI Image Generators Make Bias Worse’ on The London Interdisciplinary School Youtube Channel.