An AI bias study from Yale found GPT learned to look fair without being fair. It fixed obvious prejudice but let bias dressed up as business sense slip through.
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Astros 81-81: How a .500 Team Won Its Division
Astros 81-81: the first team to reach the postseason in a full season without a winning record. What the standings measured, and what they never could.
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Jekyll and Hyde Meaning: The Potion Didn’t Make Hyde
Jekyll and Hyde meaning: the drug never made Hyde. Stevenson wrote it was neither diabolical nor divine – it only opened a door that was already there.
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Spiritual But Not Religious: What It Really Means
Spiritual but not religious: what the label means, how many people use it, and the belief 73% of them hold anyway – plus the part that nobody can agree on.
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Blackout Rage Gallon: Nearly a Third Blacked Out
A blackout rage gallon was meant to be the safer way to drink. The first real study of BORGs found nearly a third blacked out, and the safety story broke.
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Baader-Meinhof Phenomenon: Why You See It Everywhere
The Baader-Meinhof phenomenon is why something new suddenly seems to be everywhere. Where the odd name came from, how your brain does it, and how to use it.
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Pareto Principle: Even Its Namer Said He Got It Wrong
The Pareto principle says 80% of results come from 20% of effort. The man who named it later admitted Pareto never said it, and quietly renamed the other 80%.
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What Is Phubbing? An Ad Agency Made the Word Up
What is phubbing? Ignoring someone for your phone. An ad agency invented the word in 2012 to sell a dictionary, and the real research found something else.
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What Is Emotional Intelligence? Same Words, Two Needs
What is emotional intelligence? The 4 skills psychologists named, signs to look for, what it is not, and an old story that shows all four in one afternoon.
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Prisoner’s Dilemma: Why the Strategy That Forgives Wins
The prisoner’s dilemma, explained simply: why the simplest program won the famous contest, and why programs that forgave even more often did better still.