Daily Archives: November 2, 2024

Book Bits: 2 November 2024

How to Move Up When the Only Way is Down: Lessons from Artificial Intelligence for Overcoming Your Local Maximum
Judah Taub
Interview with author via CTech
Q: What are some of the ways that humans can learn from AI in these instances where humans might metaphorically ‘climb the wrong mountain’? How can humans adopt some of those AI lessons?
A: The key challenge that I’m discussing is the goal of everybody is to reach a higher point, a higher altitude. The higher out point in a field could represent a higher valuation if you’re a startup, or if you’re an individual making more money. These are the very capitalist ones – other things could be more happiness in your life or doing more good. You can define success however you want. And the point is higher up in the field is better, lower down is not as good.

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