Category Archives: Artificial Intelligence

Collapse of Reasoning Models?

Posted on June 8, 2025 by decisionmanagementcommunity

Apple’s ML scientists put to the test the latest “reasoning” models, like Claude, DeepSeek-R1, and o3-mini. They made these models solve classic puzzles: Tower of Hanoi, Checker Jumping, River Crossing, and Blocks World. Their findings “reveal fundamental limitations in current … Continue reading →

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AI Yes-Men

Posted on June 3, 2025 by decisionmanagementcommunity

Pieter van Schalkwyk posted on LinkedIn “When AI Agents Tell You What You Want to Hear: The Sycophancy Problem“. In particular, he says: “Modern AI models learn to maximize user satisfaction metrics. This training creates a fundamental bias toward telling … Continue reading →

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Can AI Agents Replace Professional Engineering Intelligence?

Posted on May 26, 2025 by decisionmanagementcommunity

Pieter van Schalkwyk: “Most current AI agents are sophisticated chatbots with language models. They excel at content creation but cannot make professional decisions. This is like asking a talented writer to perform brain surgery.” “When Microsoft Copilot writes a maintenance … Continue reading →

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Large Companies vs Startups in the age of AI

Posted on May 21, 2025 by decisionmanagementcommunity

Andrew NG states that “large companies are slower than startups for many reasons. But why are even 3-person, scrappy teams within large companies slower than startups of a similar size? One major reason is that large companies have more to … Continue reading →

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AI and Customer Service

Posted on May 17, 2025 by decisionmanagementcommunity

“Over a year after claiming that its AI chatbot could do the work of 700 representatives, Klarna is turning back to people to help with customer service work. The shift highlights the need for the option to speak to a … Continue reading →

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AI Protects Against Scams

Posted on May 11, 2025 by decisionmanagementcommunity

Online and phone scams, some of them powered by generative AI tools, surged in 2024 and continue to rise. Now, Google is deploying some of its latest AI models to help protect users from these threats. One such model is Gemini Nano, … Continue reading →

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“Expert Systems Will Lead the Next Chapter of AI”

Posted on April 18, 2025 by decisionmanagementcommunity

Clive Spenser pointed to a very interesting Oct-2024 article by Martin Milani that makes the case for coupling deep learning with expert systems. “In the next generation of AI, advanced expert systems will serve as the core “intelligence,” acting as … Continue reading →

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Did GenAI kill Cyc?

Posted on April 11, 2025 by decisionmanagementcommunity

Cyc was a “child” of Doug Lenat, who devoted 40 years to trying to make AI more human. David Reed just blogged about it: “Is Cyc dead, as the obituary here claims? Did Deep Neural Nets kill it? I think … Continue reading →

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Streaming intelligible speech from the brain in real time

Posted on April 2, 2025 by decisionmanagementcommunity

A team of researchers from UC Berkeley and UC San Francisco has unlocked a way to restore naturalistic speech for people with severe paralysis. This work solves the long-standing challenge of latency in speech neuroprostheses, the time lag between when … Continue reading →

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Can AI code an Entire Optimization Model?

Posted on March 30, 2025 by decisionmanagementcommunity

SolverMax attempted to use an LLM tool to create an entire, non-trivial optimization model, with the AI doing all the programming. They asked Copilot to “Design a crop rotation optimization model“. Copilot responds with a comprehensive specification for this situation, … Continue reading →

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