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  Can artificial intelligence support everyday decisions?  In other words would our lives be better off if we ceded all our decision making to AI?  As I have said in past blog entries, as a retiree I am no longer a slave to corporate rules (yes a little dramatic).  Ninety percent of how I spend my time is up to me.  I make decisions as to what to wear each day.  Even getting out of bed is more of a personal decision.  For the past 40 years I got out of bed and showered because I had to go to work.  Now I can decide whether or not getting out of bed is a good idea.  So in reality if I do not want to get out of bed I do not have to.  However I am fairly certain that if I made a habit of spend all day in bed I would soon find myself on the street.  I doubt my wife would have much patience for a lazy good for nothing husband who wouldn't get off his rear end. A little understanding of what AI is would help here.  The better we unde...

  It would be interesting to be able to go back in time and survey all the decisions one makes.  We all do this to some extent.  For the most part we look back to determine whether or not a particular decision lead to a positive outcome.  We like to keep a scorecard of the things we got right in life.  It usually gives a sense of accomplishment to have profited from our profound foresight.  However, our accomplishments are usually not objectively compared to our unsuccessful decisions.  Our unsuccessful decisions are usually dismissed or forgotten.  Quite often the rational for a poor decision is laid at the feet of an external force.  That force could be as direct as blaming a specific individual for the poor outcome.  It can also be quite general; how often has the economy been to blame for an individual's economic situation.  Individuals are not the only entities that play this type of blame game.  Groups, organizations and ...