So 2024 is done and dusted, too. It was quite the year. Looking back:First posted on Facebook earlier today. Too much content for friggin Linkedin or other social media, so now copy and paste here…Jan 1Jan 1
Reflections on the Ariely-Gino saga, the M-CaP, and the swamp that is the Poets&Quants ecology of…This is an update of a blog entry I wrote under the same title about a year ago. The update is motivated by a new piece by Daniel Engber in…Nov 25, 2024Nov 25, 2024
Lemonade and the question of (laboratory) evidenceI published this article on December 18, 2017 here. I reproduce it here as is, with the addition of the graph below. Ariely was Lemonade’s…Jun 26, 2024Jun 26, 2024
The Current Australian Debate over Nuclear Energy.Note: A few updates and additional references at the end.Jun 23, 2024Jun 23, 2024
“pardon the ignorance, Why is it essential to substantiate statements for investors?”My LinkedIn correspondent reacted to this post of mine:Jun 16, 2024Jun 16, 2024
Elections to the European Parliament — a preliminary post mortemEuropeans just elected a new European Parliament.Jun 10, 2024Jun 10, 2024
Are AI chatbots behaviorally similar to humans?Mei et al. (PNAS 2024) report a “Turing test” of whether AI chatbots are behaviorally similar to humans by having them play six different…May 21, 2024May 21, 2024
On AI agents and their limitations in experimental workCame across an intriguing paper by a colleague of mine in the School of Information Systems and Technology Management here at UNSW. A…May 18, 2024May 18, 2024
Humans are Large Language Models, only better.As I have been reading and discussing large language models, I find I’ve learned as much about us humans as I have about the AI that…May 12, 2024May 12, 2024