In the tech world one paper drove a huge number of headlines in the last week. Microsoft Research posted a paper looking at the impact of generative AI on critical thinking. It lead to some headline gems, including these: Actually, probably the main ‘red flag’ there is the line ‘new study proves…’ – it is incredibly rare for a single… Read more →
This video triggered a few thoughts and even a smile, beyond the immediate concerns over safety! This week, you’ll do something, and something will happen; you’ll connect the two. The link seems solid, but that link may not exist at all. The phrase “correlation is not causality” is overused, especially by those newer to data science and statistics. Yes, just… Read more →
Many years ago, while in Australia, I went white water rafting. It was an exhilarating adventure, but the reality of the dangers were brought home to me very sharply when one of the team broke their arm and had to be air lifted to hospital. Staying safe on the rapids is important, but challenging. Communication on the water is difficult,… Read more →
Last week saw the inaugural TED shed at Login Business Lounge , thanks to Steve Coburn. It was a chance to listen to some stimulating talks and discuss them, and I had the privilege of leading a table and feeding back. Steve asked us to consider what harms own industry had been responsible for in the pursuit of growth. As… Read more →
There’s a sign, a little artisan placard, on a wall at my parent’s house. I’m not sure where it came from, or even when it appeared. It is ornate, but it has just three simple words on it: ‘seed’, ‘feed’, ‘weed’. I noted it, because it echoes the approaches I’ve been taught for developing products, growing businesses, and even life… Read more →
For what seems like an age I have planned to restart blogging the useful things I have found or learnt during the week. Partly as a resource and reference for myself, and partly as a way of curating the web – Google determines what is useful partly by what is linked to, and what Google determines is useful is, largely,… Read more →