Rebroadcast - Uncertainty and the Limits of AI with Chris Butler

2023 has been the year of AI, so for this episode of The Thinking Leader, we look back on Bryce’s conversation with Chris Butler, Lead Product Manager at Google, in a thought-provoking discussion about all things AI.

The discussion centers on intricate aspects such as strategy, team dynamics, and infrastructure, while placing importance on eliminating unnecessary processes and focusing on simplicity. Chris speaks on the significance of working assumptions in business, and sheds light on Google's core machine learning infrastructure.

Bryce & Chris explore the opportunities to harness the power of AI and how to effectively use machine learning systems They discuss how AI and human decision-making can work with applied critical thinking skills in guiding leaders.

In this episode:
Why you need to remove processes, not just add them
How to turn divergent thinking into convergent thinking
The limitations with current AI language learning models
How to use randomized constraints to improve your decision making


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0:00 Introduction
1:36 About Chris
3:46 Removing processes
8:10 AI use cases
12:03 The limitations of AI
16:06 Human innovation
26:49 Deliberately breaking the mould
32:39 Group decision making
35:27 Break
36:05 AI augmenting human decision making
42:22 Tradeoffs of AI
51:28 How to use AI
54:25 Trust in decision making
59:26 Constraints in decision making
1:13:21 Outro

Bestselling business author Bryce Hoffman and agility expert Marcus Dimbleby talk about decision-making, strategy, resilience and leadership with some of the world’s best CEOs, cognitive scientists, writers, and thinkers in this weekly podcast. Each episode offers new ideas and insights you can use to become a better leader and a better thinker – because bad leaders react, good leaders plan, and great leaders think!

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