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Stay Hungry. Stay Foolish.

A blog by Leon Oudejans

Machine learning vs AI

Intro LO: The Scientific American article below might be a good example why the future of technology is with machine learning rather than with artificial intelligence (AI). This quote from online news source 1440 may help understand: “Researchers found 70,500...

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Nee heb je, ja kun je krijgen

Mijn blog titel was mijn eigen uitspraak van afgelopen woensdag. Hoe meer ik er over nadenk, hoe vaker die uitspraak eigenlijk van toepassing is. Veel (beroemde c.q. beruchte) uitspraken van Geert Wilders vallen er mijns inziens onder. In het Engels zou je mijn blog...

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The unpleasantness of thinking

Recently, the Psychological Bulletin published a “meta-analytic review of the association between mental effort and negative affect”. That review was entitled as “The unpleasantness of thinking”. I agree that “critical thinking is not just hard work but also mentally...

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Wealth is a poor metric for wisdom

My blog title is borrowed from a recent PS article that caught my interest. Wealth has always been a metric for Power. It’s very hard to imagine that Big Tech billionaires could - let alone would - be considered a metric for wisdom. Nevertheless, the quote below...

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Birds of a feather flock together

Recently, Dutch newspaper De Volkskrant published an article that caught my curiosity and my interest: How do I step outside my bubble more often? My question is/was simple: do I need, want, or believe in this?? Hence, I asked my girlfriend. She was also skeptical....

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Can AI live up to the hype?

Recently, economist Daron Acemoglu and Professor of Economics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology claimed that Artificial Intelligence (AI) can only do 5% of jobs. Bloomberg: “You’re not going to get an economic revolution”. Hence, he fears a “massive...

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Why is humour so difficult??

Several weeks ago, I noticed a funny trailer of season 4 of Only Murders in the Building (OMITB). Unfortunately, season 4 is hardly funny while season 1 was quite funny and entertaining. Hence, I fail to understand its very high average IMDb rating of 8.1. A rating of...

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Talk too much

Recently, I asked my (new) girlfriend if I talk too much. She answered with a No but I’m not convinced. I think I do because I know myself. I talk too much if and when I want to impress someone with the “things” that I care about. Several decades ago, I received the...

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