
Think Fast with Daniel Kahneman
Hidden Brain
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Do You Think Algorithms Are Better Than Bias?
Is it easier to reduce the effects of noise, to address them, than bias? Well, certainly i mean, you can. In the first place, if you take judgment away and have a computer make the decision, the computer will be noise free. I think the implication is that we should try to structure the judgment process so as to make it more reliable. There is a thing in the united states that people call the asylum lottery. Because people who ask for asylum get a judge at random. And in some cases they have an 80 % chance of getting through, and in other cases, 15%. That's noise, and you really don't want it. You can eliminate noise by al
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