Comments on: Palantir: embodying a 50-year old vision of the future? http://blog.palantirtech.com/2007/03/16/human-computer-symbiosis/ Just another WordPress weblog Sat, 6 Sep 2008 20:51:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Andy http://blog.palantirtech.com/2007/03/16/human-computer-symbiosis/#comment-27 Andy Tue, 22 May 2007 20:34:45 +0000 http://blog.palantirtech.com/2007/03/16/human-computer-symbiosis/#comment-27 <p>Well, part of properly engineering any complicated platform is making it flexible enough that it can incorporate new data sets as they become available. You’re right, Jake, that would be an INCREDIBLY interesting data set to ask questions about, and I would argue that if such a data set were to be assembled (or, more minimally, if the pieces needed to assemble it were made available to us), we should be able to perform any analysis the platform is capable of on that data set rather easily.</p> Well, part of properly engineering any complicated platform is making it flexible enough that it can incorporate new data sets as they become available. You’re right, Jake, that would be an INCREDIBLY interesting data set to ask questions about, and I would argue that if such a data set were to be assembled (or, more minimally, if the pieces needed to assemble it were made available to us), we should be able to perform any analysis the platform is capable of on that data set rather easily.

]]> By: Jake http://blog.palantirtech.com/2007/03/16/human-computer-symbiosis/#comment-26 Jake Tue, 22 May 2007 18:39:06 +0000 http://blog.palantirtech.com/2007/03/16/human-computer-symbiosis/#comment-26 <p>What is interesting is that you’re still operating in the paradigm of making connections amongst existing data sets. What about data sets that are much more predictive but have not yet been assembled? I think this is the next great area of innovation in financial analysis and portfolio management. What is the R-squared for companies that change management teams from original founders to experienced public company execs and the impact on subsequent 3-yr performance? THAT would be an interesting data set.</p> What is interesting is that you’re still operating in the paradigm of making connections amongst existing data sets. What about data sets that are much more predictive but have not yet been assembled? I think this is the next great area of innovation in financial analysis and portfolio management. What is the R-squared for companies that change management teams from original founders to experienced public company execs and the impact on subsequent 3-yr performance? THAT would be an interesting data set.

]]> By: regs http://blog.palantirtech.com/2007/03/16/human-computer-symbiosis/#comment-12 regs Fri, 16 Mar 2007 23:06:00 +0000 http://blog.palantirtech.com/2007/03/16/human-computer-symbiosis/#comment-12 <p>Wikipedia has an interesting roundup on the subject, too:</p> <p><a href='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intelligence_amplification#Major_Contributions' rel="nofollow">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intelligence_amplification#Major_Contributions</a></p> Wikipedia has an interesting roundup on the subject, too:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intelligence_amplification#Major_Contributions

]]> By: brien http://blog.palantirtech.com/2007/03/16/human-computer-symbiosis/#comment-11 brien Fri, 16 Mar 2007 23:01:56 +0000 http://blog.palantirtech.com/2007/03/16/human-computer-symbiosis/#comment-11 <p>Frederick Brooks (the Turing award winner) has a great term for what software should be: an IA, intelligence amplifier, not an AI. His speech at www.cs.unc.edu/~brooks/Toolsmith-CACM.pdf influenced me.</p> Frederick Brooks (the Turing award winner) has a great term for what software should be: an IA, intelligence amplifier, not an AI. His speech at http://www.cs.unc.edu/~brooks/Toolsmith-CACM.pdf influenced me.

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