The way we define the data we measure can completely change the results that we get.
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Our misplaced faith in smart watches
How smart are smart watches? How meaningful is their health tracking? Have we been fooled by another shiny toy?
There is no existential threat, ChatGPT is an evolutionary dead end
I think this is the real danger of AI - that we want to believe. Chatbots are so plausible they draw us in, even when we should know better. They give confident, and completely wrong answers, in a way that we are all too happy to accept. They seem to have generated a veneer of respectability and credibility which is wholly unearned.
One year and 21 fascinating data conversations
21 guests and one year later, Make Me Data Literate is breaking new ground. Don't be afraid of data. It can be an extraordinarily powerful tool in any field, and you don't need wildly technical skills in order to make sense of a spreadsheet. Imagine if we all had the power to ask for evidence, and to critically interrogate that evidence. That's the world I'm working towards, and I'm so grateful to all of my Make Me Data Literate guests who are helping me along the way!
Machines are unbiased, and other bedtime stories
When we use machine learning for really important things like recruitment and health, we need to be immensely cautious and rationally sceptical of the results that we get.