Tag: Nassim Nicholas Taleb

AI robot sitting on a chair next to an elderly man with coffee, both waiting for a job interview. AI vs human concept. futuristic technology coexisting with people in a professional environment

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Erik J. Larson
Date
May 20, 2025

Categorized
Artificial Intelligence, Probability, Psychology

Tagged
Amos Tversky (1937‒1996), Axiomatic rationality, Black swan events, Daniel Kahneman (1934‒2024), Ecological rationality, Grice’s cooperation principle, John Kay, Linda Problem, Mervyn King, Nassim Nicholas Taleb, Richard Branson, Steve Jobs, Unknown unknowns}

The Linda Problem Revisited, As If Reality Matters

_{Part 2: AI enthusiasts use false claims for humans' “natural stupidity” to bolster claims for machine intelligence} _{Erik J. Larson
May 20, 2025

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Artificial Intelligence, Probability, Psychology}

The people who flunked the Linda problem were not biased; they just assumed there was some POINT to telling them that Linda was active in social justice issues.