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Reading List: 2019 Edition

Daniel Bryant

Reading about the history of the UK and US spy agencies helped me put into perspective what other countries are doing now, and learning about how the capitalist system is straining at the edges was great context for understanding some of the global economic challenges we face.

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What We Learned Auditing Sophisticated AI for Bias

O'Reilly Media - Ideas

A recently passed law in New York City requires audits for bias in AI-based hiring systems. AI systems fail frequently, and bias is often to blame. These examples of denigration and stereotyping are troubling and harmful, but what happens when the same types of systems are used in more sensitive applications? Data can be wrong.

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Grown-Up Lean

LeanEssays

This working paper was submitted as a chapter in The International Handbook of Lean Organization , Cambridge University Press, Forthcoming. So small changes were submitted, reviewed, and integrated into the live code base as quickly as possible. Lean was introduced to software a couple of decades ago. How are they getting along?