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Class 91: Try Not To Use the ROC Curve & AUC
Reminder: The Thursday Class is only for those interested in studying uncertainty. I don’t expect all want to read these posts. Pease don’t feel like you must. Yet, I have…
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The Ultimate IQ Test: Guessing the Author’s Mind and Escaping the Infinity of Answers
This IQ test question was making the rounds the other day. See if you can answer is before peeking. Don't Peek Don't Peek Don't Peek Don't Peek Don't Peek The…
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No Model Will Save Us: Pope Leo, the Miserostat, and AI’s Woke Coders
I don't know who wrote Magnifica Humanitas, the Vatican's new encyclical on "safeguarding the human person in the time of artificial intelligence", but he (or it?) appears to not have…
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How High an IQ Must A Person Have To Be Executed?
In proving foresight may be vain:The best laid schemes o’ Mice an’ MenGang aft agley,An’ lea’e us nought but grief an’ pain,For promis’d joy! Lennie said, "I thought you was…
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Class 90: Simple (Optimal) Decisions
Reminder: The Thursday Class is only for those interested in studying uncertainty. I don’t expect all want to read these posts. Pease don’t feel like you must. Yet, I have…
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Creating Microbial Monsters To Terrorize Ourselves
There is a claim, said to be made by a prominent "neocon" in the Trump administration, that "Tucker Carlson and Nick Fuentes have both been named as possible domestic terrorists".…
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Class 89: The Measure Most Modelers Forget: Skill Examples
Reminder: The Thursday Class is only for those interested in studying uncertainty. I don’t expect all want to read these posts. So please don’t feel like you must. Yet, I…
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The Shocking Conclusion of the HR Trilemma!
You should choose Door B, the very door the male Boomer came out of. If you can't recall the setup, please first review it. Here is only the bare bones…