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Do We Hold Algorithms To Higher Standards Than Humans?

The Horizons Tracker

Indeed, the very fact that we are so frequently discussing the ethical development and deployment of artificial intelligence is a clear and distinct advantage that the technology holds over human decision-making. The authors highlight the numerous examples of this that have themselves received considerable publicity in recent years.

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The Surprising Power of Business Experiments

Skip Prichard

Daniel Kahneman. And, as anyone who closely follows simulation and prototyping tools knows, their use has become pervasive in manufacturing businesses, even though companies still grapple with the integration and management issues I wrote about in 2003. We are too willing to reject the belief that much of what we see in life is random.”

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Crack the Leadership Code

Skip Prichard

Daniel Kahneman. Technology has connected more people in more places at more times than ever before. Here’s a shocking statistic: two-thirds of senior managers can’t name their firm’s top priorities! I recently spoke with him about his work. We’re blind to our blindness. We have very little idea of how little we know.

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4 Secrets of Great Critical Thinkers

First Friday Book Synopsis

Here is an excerpt from an excellent article written by Paul J. Schoemaker and featured online at the Inc. magazine website. To read the complete article, check out other resources, and obtain deep-discount subscription information, please click here. * * * The best problem solvers see a complex problem through multiple lenses.

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Why Companies Are Betting Against Big Ideas

Harvard Business Review

This idea of prospect theory, developed by Tversky and Kahneman and reported in a classic 1979 article (for which the Nobel prize was awarded) demonstrated that individuals do not make decisions rationally by selecting options with the highest expected value, because they are risk-averse and 'losses loom larger than gains.'.

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When Human Judgment Works Well, and When it Doesn’t

Harvard Business Review

A number of people noted that Nobel prize-winner Daniel Kahneman’s work, nicely summarized in his 2011 book Thinking Fast and Slow , influenced their thinking a great deal. .” This is true, and what’s amazing is that these are exactly the conditions under which algorithms do better than people. Why is this?

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The Persistence of the Innovator's Dilemma

Harvard Business Review

In 1995, a young Harvard Business School Professor co-authored an article in Harvard Business Review , "Disruptive Technology: Catching the Wave." Dan Ariely, Michael Mauboussin, Nobel Laureate Daniel Kahneman, and Duncan Watts all write accessibly on the topic. But they're notable because they are exceptions. Any other ideas? *