Quick Quote: Why Expert Systems Fail

I finally had a chance to read “Why Expert Systems Fail” by Michael Z. Bell. Its an old one and oft referenced, but hadn’t read it yet.

Many of the concerns it raises aren’t limited to just classic ‘expert systems’ but really to any decision-support tool.

  • user acceptance (including too much/too little trust, legal liability, and so on)
  • testability (including lack of consensus on correctness, scope, extraordinary events, and such)
  • knowledge representation (possibly the least currently relevant)

Money quote:

Review: Your story, well told — Corey Rosen

Your story, well told by Corey Rosen1

It was a fairly easy read, and I finished it in about an hour. The goal of the book is to teach you how to tell a ‘personal story’ in a genre most closely associated with An organisation dedicated to true, personal storytelling . Overall I recommend the book — especially if you struggle to find “interestingness” in your life or if you have something that happened to you that you wish to share with others. It includes specific techniques and worksheets to help you ideate and then structure your story. It pulls techniques from the field of writing, improv, and acting and teaches them in a practical and straightforward way.

Confidence & Doubts

Trouble In The World

“The fundamental cause of trouble in the world today is that the stupid are cocksure while the intelligent are full of doubt”

Second Language Acquisition

Second Language Acquisition is the science of how one acquires the ability to both understand and produce a language that isn’t one’s native language.