Tag: Artificial intelligence (puzzles vs. mysteries)

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Erik J. Larson
Date
August 1, 2025

Categorized
Artificial Intelligence, Politics, Psychology

Tagged
Artificial intelligence (puzzles vs. mysteries), Enron scandal, Gerd Gigerenzer, Gregert Trevertony, Gut Feelings (2007), Malcolm Gladwell, McCarthyism, What the Dog Saw (2009)}

Mistaking the World for a Puzzle Risks a New McCarthyism

_{In Part 2, I look at the imaginary world we invent when we succumb to puzzle thinking} _{Erik J. Larson
August 1, 2025

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Artificial Intelligence, Politics, Psychology}

It’s imaginary because the clues that matter — why people starve, why peace fails, why the planet overheats — are not hidden in larger and larger datasets. Read More ›

Detective board with crime scene photos, stickers, clues and red thread, closeup

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Erik J. Larson
Date
July 31, 2025

Categorized
Artificial general intelligence (AGI), Large Language Models (LLMs), Politics

Tagged
Artificial intelligence (games vs. history), Artificial intelligence (puzzles vs. mysteries), Cold War (1947‒1991), Featured}

AI’s Not “The Answer” In Our World of Mysteries, Not Puzzles

_{A focus on AI encourages us to see problems that are really mysteries as puzzles, which makes addressing them much harder} _{Erik J. Larson
July 31, 2025

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Artificial general intelligence (AGI), Large Language Models (LLMs), Politics}

Humans are terrible at crunching data but remarkably good at seeing clues. That’s why we still outmatch our machines in domains where meaning matters. Read More ›