Rapid Fire

Basically a blog where I try to do philosophy outside.

5 days ago

Consistently Biased

Hey, sorry for the late post, had to give a talk this morning! I’ve written a bit about QALYs here before, or Quality-Adjusted Life...

Oct 11

Value Complacency

This week, I sat in on a graduate-level computer science class. The instructor asked under what conditions humans and AI would be...

Sep 13

Something I HATE about Averages

If you had to summarize a statistical distribution with one number…well, I guess you could do worse than taking an average. Even so,...

Aug 23

Trusting the Process

Here’s a reasonably sophisticated argument. (I’m not saying that it’s right.) Trust the Process means, care about process over actual...

Aug 16

How Coffees Get Scored

Do you know how coffees get scored? Here’s a sample espresso cupping form: Let’s talk survey methodology . This form is part of a...

Jun 21

DEEP DIVE: Simplicity and Complexity

Hi I’m a four-year-old child learning 8 new words every day. So help me out: What’s a chef? Uhh…a chef is someone who cooks food. Oh...

Jan 5

You will be Misread

When you go to the hospital, we rarely have the resources to treat everyone as promptly and thoroughly as we’d like. So we have to make...

Dec 15, 2023

3 things I learned Writing the Rules

Next month, I’m giving a talk at the University of Kentucky Esports Lounge (yes, really) about rethinking the place of rules in the...

Oct 20, 2023

Look at me I’m on a Panel

Last week, I was sick as a dog and downright loopy. What a perfect time to be invited to an APA Panel on AI ethics! Fortunately, I...

Oct 6, 2023

Quantitative and Qualitative Values

I’ve been working hard to get clear on the differences between quantitative and qualitative values lately. Here’s an example: If I want...

Sep 8, 2023

Game Values vs. Real-Life Values

My friend Kjell and I noticed there just aren’t enough podcasts, so we decided to help. Our first episode takes an early look at some of...

Aug 11, 2023

I got my guy!

So here’s the mind-blowing keynote for Who’s Responsible for ChatGPT? Apparently I have a very expressive face. Anyway, I’ll give you a...

Jun 23, 2023

Complexity versus Richness

Here’s some chess jargon: pawns aren’t pieces. Your king, queen, rooks, bishops, and knights are all pieces. But your pawns are just...

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