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In this incredibly detailed and gracious review of “The Irrational Decision,” @himself.bsky.social situates the book in the web of intellectual history and the war between the AI enthusiasts and skeptics.In lieu of lecture blogging on simulation and prediction, check out this fortuitously timed op-ed in the NY Times by @leifw.bsky.social and me on the absurdity of Silicon Sampling. (Related lecture blog tomorrow!)A little more than a decade ago, a bunch of universities decided they needed to start schools of computing. What are the great success stories of this movement?Pulling from this week’s lecture and op-ed on silicon sampling, I map the territory of simulation and its many purposes.Solving the game of prediction with calibration and accounting strategies: A lecture blog post on defensive forecasting.I understand and agree with Quinn flagging this as idiotic, but I have seen countless academic papers bragging about similar approaches in their methods sections.I tried to pin down what people mean by "simulation" and place it in the broader context of the study and design of feedback systems.The long legacy of simulation in control theory and what it can teach us about transferring policies from GPU to reality.
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Ben Recht's recent focus is on critiquing simulation and prediction in AI, particularly the concept of "silicon sampling," while exploring the historical and theoretical foundations of these practices within control theory and feedback systems.
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