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According to a study conducted in collaboration with the Nobel laureate in economics, Lars Peter Hansen, decision theory is an effective tool for finding the best trade-offs.
Here’s how governments can get more people to follow COVID-19 guidelines.
Leading tech companies are increasingly using AI to influence our behaviour. But how persuasive do we find virtual assistants?
A machine learning expert predicts a new balance between human and machine intelligence is on the horizon. For that to be good news, researchers need to figure out how to design algorithms that are fair.
Mental short-cuts guide our everyday decision-making. Unfortunately, five biases can lead us to deny responsibility for our poor decisions and are creating problems for share-bike schemes.
The Centrelink debt recovery system reminds us that many data systems are prone to error, and that’s built in to how they work.
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