Vaughn Tan
vaughntan.org/now-ish
Only humans can assign subjective value to things — machines can't have either taste or judgment. This is currently the only conceptual bright line distinction between human and AI capabilities.
Location:
Singapore, Singapore
Professional title:
Amorphous consultant
What do you do?
I try to help people and organisations understand the difference between uncertainty and risk, and reflect that difference in their strategy and organisational processes.
Why?
Accidentally conflating uncertainty with risk is common, and it is probably the biggest obstacle we face in making progress on hazards to civilisation.
What should we read?
Seeing is forgetting the name of the thing one sees, by Lawrence Weschler