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
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…”
Aug 30, 2016 neutral
Aug 30, 2016 neutral
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…”
Oct 11, 2017 bearish
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”
Jan 23, 2018 neutral
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 …”
Aug 21, 2018 bullish
Oct 15, 2019 positive
Jul 7, 2020 negative
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…”
Jul 7, 2020 negative
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 …”
Feb 2, 2021 positive
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…”
Oct 5, 2021 positive
Nov 7, 2023 positive
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…”
Jul 22, 2025 positive
Sep 30, 2025 negative
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…”