Episode 108 — Statistics Gone Wild

Ben and James discuss the meaning of artificial intelligence, whether machine learning qualifies, and a platform for dealing with the impact.

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Links

• Chris Dixon: How Aristotle Created the Computer — The Atlantic (theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2017/03/ari…)

• Ben Thompson: The Arrival of Artificial Intelligence — Stratechery (stratechery.com/2017/the-arrival-of-artificial…)

• Dan Primack: Takeaways from Steve Mnuchins Axios Interview — Axios (axios.com/takeaways-from-steve-mnuchins-axios-…)

• Maureen Dowd: Elon Musk’s Billion-Dollar Crusade to Stop the A.I. Apocalypse — Vanity Fair (vanityfair.com/news/2017/03/elon-musk-billion-…)

• The Most Common Jobs in Every State — NPR (npr.org/sections/money/2015/02/05/382664837/ma…)

• At Blackrock, Machines Are Rising over Managers to Pick Stocks — [The New York Times](nytimes.com/2017/03/28/business/dealbook/black…

• Ben Thompson: Verizon, AOL, Facebook Instant Articles, and the Future of Digital Advertising — Stratechery (stratechery.com/2015/verizon-aol-facebook-inst…)

• Episode 012: The Internet Rainforest — Exponent (exponent.fm/episode-012-the-internet-rainforest)

• Ben Thompson: The Brexit Possibility — Stratechery (stratechery.com/2016/the-brexit-possibility)

Hosts

• Ben Thompson, @benthompson (twitter.com/benthompson), Stratechery (stratechery.com)

• James Allworth, @jamesallworth (twitter.com/jamesallworth), Harvard Business Review (hbr.org/search?term=James+Allworth&sort=po…)

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