Feb 28 · 2 min read · Survivorship Bias: Learning From the Dead We study successful companies, winning strategies, and surviving soldiers -- but we systematically ignore the failures. This survivorship bias gives us a dangerously distorted picture of what actually works. ...
Join discussionFeb 28 · 2 min read · Recency Bias: Why the Latest Information Gets Too Much Weight We disproportionately weight recent events when making predictions and decisions. A few good days in the stock market make us bullish. A recent plane crash makes us fear flying. The last p...
Join discussionFeb 14 · 6 min read · How do LLMs choose how to respond and why does it matter? A short(ish) post today on the importance of validating the output of LLMs. It’s common knowledge at this point that large language models can hallucinate in their responses and unintentionall...
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Jan 27 · 4 min read · Alright, let me tell you a story that genuinely made me stop, blink twice, and whisper “OMG… tech is never neutral, is it?” 😭💻 Introduction: Just Me, XGBoost, and a Simple Plan… or So I Thought I was minding my business, doing what every aspiring d...
Join discussionDec 14, 2025 · 6 min read · There is a lie embedded deep inside modern automation culture. It is rarely stated outright, but it quietly underwrites almost every conversation about code, efficiency, and scale. The lie is simple. Code is neutral.Scripts are objective.Machines do ...
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Dec 10, 2025 · 6 min read · Introduction It all started with this tweet that showed up on my timeline and shoved me down a rabbit hole I wasn’t anticipating: https://x.com/KorothArjun/status/1996526215142973689?s=20 Obviously, I had to tinker with OnePlus’ shiny new ✨AI assis...
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Oct 16, 2025 · 11 min read · “People almost invariably arrive at their beliefs not on the basis of proof but on the basis of what they find attractive.” – Blaise Pascal Rationalization Over Reasoning Why do some of the brightest minds so vehemently oppose the most reasonable exp...
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Aug 14, 2025 · 4 min read · The rise of government-imposed “bias monitors” on media outlets, as seen in the CBS News case, might seem far removed from the world of gaming at first glance. However, the potential implications for the gaming industry and its media could be more si...
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Aug 14, 2025 · 4 min read · The recent controversy surrounding CBS News and the imposition of a "bias monitor" as part of a corporate merger between CBS’s parent company and Skydance raises serious questions about the future of media and how it may affect the way scientific inf...
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Jul 31, 2025 · 5 min read · You ask ChatGPT to help write a job posting, and it suggests masculine-coded language that might discourage women from applying. You use an AI resume screener, and it mysteriously favors candidates from certain universities. Your photo editing app au...
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