algorithm

also referred to as: algorithms

14 statements across 12 episodes · 7 bullish · 4 bearish · 9 people on the record · first statement Apr 28, 2015 by Michael Mauboussin · across every show →

Everything said about algorithm, oldest first

Apr 28, 2015 positive
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Mauboussin: Algorithms improve decisions by removing emotion and utilizing base rates
“They're good at looking at lots of data. They're good at establishing and understanding base rates. So, for example, if you're thinking about an appropriate reference class for a particular decision, your technology will allow you to access that reference clas…”
Michael Mauboussin Apr 28, 2015 ▶ 21:27 #1 Michael Mauboussin: When To Trust Your Gut
Aug 30, 2016 neutral
Assertion Supported
Domingos: The Stock Market Is Largely Algorithms Modeling Each Other
“The stock market is largely a bunch of algorithms trading against each other. And in fact, what these algorithms are doing Whether or not they know it is modeling each other.”
Pedro Domingos Aug 30, 2016 ▶ 28:47 #13 Pedro Domingos: The Rise of The Machines
Aug 30, 2016 neutral
Assertion Partly supported
Domingos: A Venture Capital Fund Appointed an Algorithm as a Voting Director
“For example, there's this venture fund recently that announced that one of their directors is now going to be an algorithm. There's seven directors on the board, and one of them's an algorithm. So their algorithm doesn't decide anything all by itself, but it d…”
Pedro Domingos Aug 30, 2016 ▶ 4:29 #13 Pedro Domingos: The Rise of The Machines
Oct 11, 2017 bearish
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Dalio: Coders riding algorithms will displace workers and cause economic bifurcation
“There are going to be people who are riding the algorithms that will replace the people who are doing jobs. And so there's going to be a bifurcation, and I think that learning how to code is like learning how to read and write for the next generation”
Ray Dalio Oct 11, 2017 ▶ 1:08:56 #23 Ray Dalio: Life Lessons from a Self-Made Billionaire
Jan 23, 2018 neutral
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Mauboussin: Algorithmic models fail when applied to non-stationary, dynamic systems
“You have to be very, very careful about systems that are changing, you know, the fancy term for its non-stationarity. So the statistical properties and underlying systems change over time. And that's another concern I might have, and we see it a little bit of …”
Michael Mauboussin Jan 23, 2018 ▶ 32:17 #28 Michael Mauboussin: A Decision Making Jedi
Aug 21, 2018 bullish
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Cowen: AI will soon outmatch human consumer decision-making
“Artificial intelligence will tell you what to buy and how to buy it, and at what price. People who think they can beat the algorithms will make a lot more mistakes, so know when you should defer.”
Tyler Cowen Aug 21, 2018 ▶ 22:28 #39 Tyler Cowen: Thinking About Thinking
Oct 15, 2019 positive
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Kahneman: Replacing human judgment with algorithms strictly improves decision quality
“If you really want to improve the quality of decision making, use algorithms. I mean, whenever, wherever you can if you can replace judgments by rules and algorithms, they'll do better.”
Daniel Kahneman Oct 15, 2019 ▶ 26:10 #68 Daniel Kahneman: Putting Your Intuition on Ice
Jul 7, 2020 negative
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Fry: Deploying algorithms without considering human behavior causes catastrophic consequences
“I think that people have sort of rushed ahead, and maybe not always thought very carefully about what happens when you build an algorithm, or when you build something based on data, and just expect humans to fit in around it. And I think that that actually has…”
Hannah Fry Jul 7, 2020 ▶ 10:51 #87 Hannah Fry: The Role of Algorithms
Jul 7, 2020 negative
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Fry: Hyper-sensitive cancer detection AIs risk triggering massive overdiagnosis
“And the real danger of relying too much on algorithms to detect those cancerous cells is that if you are too good at detecting them, you're not just good at detecting the ones that then go on to be a problem. You're also going to be good at detecting the ones …”
Hannah Fry Jul 7, 2020 ▶ 21:27 #87 Hannah Fry: The Role of Algorithms
Feb 2, 2021 positive
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Mullainathan: Algorithmic feedback avoids the personal sting of human judgment
“So I actually think that the advantage of the algorithm over the person is what you said, which is that once you get used to it, you know, even your friend, when you told him this fact, partly he must have, however nicely you said it, felt the sting of judgmen…”
Sendhil Mullainathan Feb 2, 2021 ▶ 1:28:59 #102 Sendhil Mullainathan: The Chaos Inside Us
Oct 5, 2021 positive
Assertion Partly supported
Isaacson: Ada Lovelace wrote the first algorithm and conceived general computing
“She was the first person to understand the general purpose computer could do and she writes the first algorithm, so in many ways she has the conceptual birth of the computer”
Walter Isaacson Oct 5, 2021 ▶ 40:50 #121 Walter Isaacson: Curiosity Fuels Creativity
Nov 7, 2023 positive
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Kahneman: Algorithms improve decisions better than human judgment
“If you really want to improve the quality of decision making, use algorithms. I mean, whenever, wherever you can if you can replace judgments by rules and algorithms, they'll do better. Now, there's big social costs to trusting, allowing algorithms to make dec…”
Daniel Kahneman Nov 7, 2023 ▶ 8:51 TKP Insights: Learning and Thinking
Jul 22, 2025 positive
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Kahneman: Replacing human judgment with standardized algorithms consistently produces better decisions
“If you really want to improve the quality of decision making, use algorithms. I mean, whenever, wherever you can if you can replace judgments by rules and algorithms, they'll do better.”
Daniel Kahneman Jul 22, 2025 ▶ 31:45 Daniel Kahneman: Algorithms Make Better Decisions Than You
Sep 30, 2025 negative
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Diller: Algorithms and predictive research are "worthless" for creative content decisions
“Well, I don't think algorithms can help here. None of us know what's going to happen with the dread and wonderful word AI, but I don't think that, that predictive research Is certainly in the arena of content, worthless. It cannot tell you anything of real val…”
Barry Diller Sep 30, 2025 ▶ 23:05 Barry Diller: Building IAC
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