Cassio has an MBA as well as being an AI guy ... and yah, we've done a lot of computational finance together
Of course, the reporter left out the more interesting things I said to him in our discussion ... and, the same is probably the case for most of the other interviews he did. It would be nice to read the full transcripts of his discussions with the various folks he interviewed. But he picked and chose selected quotes from each person to make a sort of patchwork, and I think this was a reasonable choice to make. The one message that came through loud and clear from all the interviews, was that even though AI and other advanced computer methods played a role in the crisis, they were being explicitly used as tools by people, and the real problems came from the way humans knowingly used the tools in irresponsible ways (too much leverage ... pretending they understood the risks better than they did ... etc.). -- Ben G On Sun, Nov 2, 2008 at 11:08 AM, Ed Porter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Congratulations to two contributors to this list, Cassio Pennachin and > Ben Goertzel, for being quoted in an article on Huffington Post, entitled > "Man Versus Machine" about the role of computers in the recent financial > crisis. The article is at * > http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/11/02/man-versus-machine_n_140115.html*<http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/11/02/man-versus-machine_n_140115.html> > > I thought Cassio's remarks were some of the most interesting in the > article. I am guessing all the financial AI he and Ben did at Web Mind made > them pretty knowledgeable about finance. > > Ed Porter > > ------------------------------ > *agi* | Archives <https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now> > <https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/> | > Modify<https://www.listbox.com/member/?&;>Your Subscription > <http://www.listbox.com> > -- Ben Goertzel, PhD CEO, Novamente LLC and Biomind LLC Director of Research, SIAI [EMAIL PROTECTED] "A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects." -- Robert Heinlein ------------------------------------------- agi Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/ Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=8660244&id_secret=117534816-b15a34 Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
