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Brilliant but Brittle
By Jim Lynch I reviewed three books about artificial intelligence for the latest issue of Contingencies (“All About AI”; January/February 2023). I had compliments and quibbles for each, but one point that consistently emerged: AI is brittle,... Read More
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How to Count
Understanding the death toll from the COVID-19 pandemic By Alan J. Tausch Since its outbreak in early 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic has had an unprecedented impact on mortality in the U.S. Through August 2022, there had been 1,048,000 deaths... Read More
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Eat Your Numbers—A Second Helping
Actuaries still have a role to play at the dinner table By Nate Worrell When I first wrote “Eat Your Numbers” (Contingencies, July/August 2019), I hoped to bring nutrition science and actuarial science together. As a quick recap: The... Read More
January/February 2023
