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chris wiggins
@chrishwiggins.bsky.social
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.edu: associate professor @columbia;
.org: cofounder @hackNY;
.com: chief data scientist @nytimes;
books: http://amzn.to/3J1tFnr
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Hamlet: Do you see yonder cloud that’s almost in the shape of a camel?
Polonius: You're absolutely right! 'tis like a. camel, indeed.
Hamlet: Methinks it is like a weasel.
Polonius: Perfect! It is backed like a weasel.
Hamlet: Or like a whale?
Polonius: You're totally right - Very like a whale.
September 28, 2025 at 9:59 AM
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Thanks, Don Green, for inviting me to share "Persuasion at Scale: ML, Causality & Information," a course retrospective @ Columbia's DSI.

@eunjikim.bsky.social & I covered the power & limits of causal inference & AI: from RCTs to LLMs

talk: bit.ly/PScaleTalk20...

class: lnkd.in/etbR2Dqc
June 29, 2025 at 8:05 PM
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New from Gerd Gigerenzer ```The rationality wars: a personal reflection``` 2024-11-22 (he posted on LinkedIn. Hopefully, we can get him to join Bluesky)

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The rationality wars: a personal reflection | Behavioural Public Policy | Cambridge Core
The rationality wars: a personal reflection
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November 22, 2024 at 12:28 PM
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software engineering / computer science students! now is a great time to apply for one of the best tech fellowships in the country - hackNY is open for applications!!

hackny.org/fellows-prog...
hackNY
The hackNY Fellows Program is a Summer-long coliving experience for full time higher ed (college or graduate school) tech interns.
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November 8, 2024 at 4:47 AM
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this 1st iteration of CU's new "AI in Context" course is not online, but sharing the 1st of my 4 lectures on history of (real/artificial) intelligence w/ links to Python/Colab.
what should I cover in the remaining 3 lectures?

PDF: lnkd.in/eRAVfKuF

(x-post LinkedIn: bit.ly/4cVlEOx )
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Although this first iteration of Columbia University's new "AI in Context" course is not online, I thought I'd share the PDF of the first of my 4 lectures on…
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September 10, 2024 at 1:32 PM
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✨ 📚 I'm Honored to join Prof Ingrid Daubechies, long a hero of mine, in conversation about our book "How Data Happened" tonight online, hosted by MoMath, NYC! 📚 ✨

📆 Tuesday, January 16 | 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm ET

momath.org/volumes/
January 16, 2024 at 6:08 PM
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happy giving tuesday! Please consider sharing this note from Andrea Dean, class of 2017 hackNY Fellow and hackNY.org board member: www.linkedin.com/posts/wiggin...
November 28, 2023 at 2:34 PM
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My thanks to Holly Krambeck for inviting me to keynote at the World Bank’s Data Partnership Day (and sending this picture!), discussing data, policy, and 'How Data Happened' ( https://bit.ly/hdh-book ), w/ Hal Varian of Google
& Karin Kimbrough of LinkedIn
May 30, 2023 at 5:17 PM
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🔥 "I invented the term artificial intelligence…when we were trying to get money" - John McCarthy 🚀

@engadget.bsky.social new post ft. Chapter 7 of "How Data Happened"
📘👉 https://lnkd.in/eTjn-yWa

Book 📚: https://lnkd.in/e_rErZH2

Watch 1973's Lighthill Debate on AI 🎥: https://lnkd.in/e55PfAh7
Hitting the Books: Why a Dartmouth professor coined the term 'artificial intelligence' | Engadget
In their new book, professors Chris Wiggins and Matthew L Jones examine how data acts as the lifeblood of modern society, shaping everything from our political views and social mores to our military responses and economic activities..
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May 8, 2023 at 12:42 PM