Prof of Innovation @Harvard @Hult @Stanford; research on platforms, AI and dignity; Entrepreneur with PalmPilot, Google WearOS smartwatches; Wyoming ranch hand

Wilson, WY
Joined February 2009
Anthropic reports that 91.3% of users do not fact-check AI. Let's fix that. @DrewBent forbes.com/sites/tedladd/202…
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Skeptical Intelligence: Disciplined Doubt for AI-Powered Innovation. Even though Skeptical Intelligence sounds like a rebrand of “critical thinking,” it is not. thinkers50.com/blog/skeptica…
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I am tired of "Magic Prompts" for AI. Lauren's concrete directions to force AI to improve my writing are the best I have ever seen. And they work spectacularly. versesovervariables.beehiiv.…
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A week's escape before digging more into Skeptical Intelligence.
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A skeptical approach to AI is not a list of prompts. It is a mindset and a plan to get more useful - and accurate - assistance from AI. forbes.com/sites/tedladd/202…
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Humans take mental shortcuts. AI does, too. This is doubly alarming. "Humans And AI Share The Same Flawed Ways Of Thinking" forbes.com/sites/tedladd/202…
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Skeptical Intelligence filters and improves AI for our lives and businesses. forbes.com/sites/tedladd/202…
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Traditional companies are building internal multi-sided platforms to solve recurring business problems, including inefficient transactions, innovation bottlenecks, evolving customer demands, underutilized data, and poor strategic insights. forbes.com/sites/tedladd/202…
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Democracy in Wyoming: A Dad on the Campaign Trail [Reprinted from 2005] tedladd.substack.com/p/democ…
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How America Went Off the Rails: A sobering inventory of decline—foreign threats, domestic folly, and the unraveling of national cohesion, authored by my father. open.substack.com/pub/tedlad…
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AI innovation requires consistent collaboration between human and institutional customers and providers, says Dr Priyanka Shrivastava forbes.com/sites/tedladd/202…
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Since bribery of foreigners is now permissible by an executive order from the White House, can large American companies now openly hire smugglers to avoid tariffs? open.substack.com/pub/tedlad…
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Legalized Bribery Hurts American Companies and Consumers. Defunding the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act robs American companies of their best asset: their reputations. tedladd.substack.com/p/legal… theatlantic.com/politics/arc…
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Meta pirated my work for its AI. I am not (too) angry because I want others to read it. I'm just... so disappointed. theatlantic.com/technology/a…
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Legalized Bribery Hurts American Companies and Consumers. Defunding the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act robs American companies of their best asset: their reputations. tedladd.substack.com/p/legal…
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