The Blog of Scott Erb

Brenden Lake has developed a new AI approach that allows computers to generalize the learning process by employing techniques from cognitive psychology. The result – a computer that can learn about Continue reading “Humanizing Computer Learning”

Shane Parrish at Farnam Street offers that organizations frequently don’t differentiate adequately between decisions and outcomes. In many cases, good management decisions may nonetheless have bad outcomes due to unforeseeable events. And even more dangerously Continue reading “Good Decisions/ Bad Outcomes”

Charles Chu (The Polymath Project) discusses the paradox of history proposed by Yuval Harari (Sapiens, Homo Deus). Key Quote – Continue reading “Paradox of History”

I recently stumbled across this article that traces the history of Artificial Intelligence, from the first paper using the term and describing its goals in 1958 to today. Along the way, I also found Continue reading “History and Future of AI”

Shane Parrish (Farnam Streen Blog) wrote an excellent essay on the butterfly effect and how it impacts science, economy, and business. Why it is important – Continue reading “Butterfly Effect”

Harvard Business Review did a comprehensive study of how corporate CEOs use their time. And the article became a very good treatise on leadership of Continue reading “The CEOs Calendar”

An AI algorithm has taught itself how to solve Rubik’s Cube. Sort of. By building an algorithm that approximates how close the current cube configuration is to the solution, the AI was able to craft its own reward system and outperform most human methods of solving the cube. Why it may be important – Continue reading “Rubik’s AI”