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AI Thinks Like Us – Flaws and All: New Study Finds ChatGPT Mirrors Human Decision Biases in Half the Tests
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BALTIMORE, MD, April 1, 2025 – Can we really trust AI to make better decisions than humans? A new study says … not always. Researchers have discovered that OpenAI’s ChatGPT, one of the most advanced and popular AI models, makes the same kinds of decision-making mistakes as humans in some situations showing biases like overconfidence of hot-hand (gambler’s) fallacy yet acting inhuman in others (e.g., not suffering from base-rate neglect or sunk cost fallacies).

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In 2025, you can’t have an effective democracy without data literacy
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You are swimming in an ocean of data and don’t even realize it. All around you are invisible amounts of data that would be staggering to try to comprehend. Thousands of smartphones and smart devices are talking to, sending and downloading vast amounts of data, video, audio, words, numbers, images, you name it. Everything from the latest movie on Netflix to someone’s radiology results from a cancer screening.

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Shell Shocked: How Small Eateries Are Dealing With Record Egg Prices
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Mom-and-pop businesses are trying to adapt to the soaring cost of eggs. The owners of four egg-centric restaurants across the country show how they are coping with this threat to their livelihoods.

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Call to end inbound international flight testing is correct, for all the wrong reasons

Call to end inbound international flight testing is correct, for all the wrong reasons

The Hill, June 7, 2022

Airline executives and travel industry leaders have asked the Biden administration to end mandatory COVID-19 testing for passengers on inbound international flights. They cite the impact that mandatory testing has had on the travel industry and the economy, discouraging people from abroad to fly into the United States. Although their request has merit, the reasons that they offer do not. 

Decision Science Digest: June 28, 2022

Decision Science Digest: June 28, 2022

Journal Paper, June 28, 2022
  • New Optimization Algorithm Increases Online Dating Site Matches by 27% by Factoring in Past and Present User Preferences (INFORMS journal Manufacturing & Service Operations Management)
  • Environmental Issues Encourage Better Habits from Manufacturing Facilities in Texas (INFORMS journal Management Science)
  • Adopting Mass Customization, in Addition to Mass Production Methods, Can Generate a Win-Win for Sustainability in Fashion (INFORMS journal Manufacturing & Service Operations Management)
  • Startling Racial Discrepancies in Obtaining Capital for Minority-Owned Startups (INFORMS journal Management Science)
How to Maximize the Results of Your Wearable Health Device

How to Maximize the Results of Your Wearable Health Device

News Release, June 27, 2022

BALTIMORE, MD, June 27, 2022 – New research in the INFORMS journal Management Science finds that people can achieve long-term health goals and establish healthy habits when coupling wearable health devices such as “Fitbits” with economic incentives.

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