The hottest Risk mitigation Substack posts right now

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The Impact of AI on the Economy

Rod’s Blog • 19 implied HN points • 23 Jan 24
🕹 Technology AI Economy Risk mitigation Policy
  1. AI has the potential to benefit the economy by enhancing productivity, innovation, and value creation, but also poses risks like job displacement, ethical dilemmas, and social inequalities.
  2. AI can transform various sectors and industries by improving efficiency, quality, and customer experience through applications like healthcare diagnosis, personalized education, optimized manufacturing, predictive retailing, and fraud detection in finance.
  3. Mitigating AI risks involves implementing policy frameworks, business practices, and individual actions to ensure legal, ethical, and responsible use of AI, such as creating standards, promoting transparency, integrating AI responsibly, and learning new skills.

Brand Safe AI

Addition • 19 implied HN points • 07 Jun 23
🕹 Technology AI Design Risk mitigation Safety AI Applications
  1. Brand safety in AI is not a one-size-fits-all concept; it varies based on the specific use case and how AI is implemented.
  2. Design decisions play a crucial role in aligning the level of risk in an AI system with what the organization is willing to accept.
  3. Addressing brand safety creatively involves different approaches like incorporating safety checks, narrow use cases, and extensive testing to mitigate risks.

Socialize Safely

Are You Okay? • 0 implied HN points • 29 Mar 21
🏥 Health & Wellness COVID-19 Vaccines Risk mitigation Social Interaction Mental health
  1. Vaccines like Moderna and Pfizer-BioNTech are highly effective in preventing symptomatic COVID-19, reducing infections by 80-90% after one or two doses.
  2. Vaccines also significantly reduce asymptomatic infection and viral transmission, making it unlikely for vaccinated individuals to spread the virus.
  3. The vaccines are powerful against current variants, offering strong protection with minimal risk of severe COVID-19, promoting safer socializing practices.
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Don’t Look for an On/Off Switch

Are You Okay? • 0 implied HN points • 22 Mar 21
🏥 Health & Wellness Public Health Pandemic response Vaccination Risk mitigation Emotional Wellbeing
  1. Get comfortable living in the gray: Assess everyday risks, mitigate them, and make changes gradually to protect health and wellbeing.
  2. Vaccines are very effective: They prevent death and severe disease, reduce transmission, even against variants, but it's important for unvaccinated people to mitigate risks and practice caution.
  3. Reentry is a process: Expect it to take time and be patient with yourself and others as you ease back into normalcy, taking small steps and following recommended safety measures.

The idea of an "aligned superintelligence" seems misguided :/

Scott Sadler's Substack • 0 implied HN points • 27 Feb 23
🕹 Technology AI Complexity AGI Risk mitigation AI Governance
  1. The concept of aligning superintelligence seems challenging due to the complexity of managing it
  2. Complexity tends to escape control over time, posing a significant challenge for AI safety
  3. We should focus on analyzing and mitigating risks, socializing AI, and involving multiple fields to prepare for potential AI threats

Health is More Than the Absence of Disease

Are You Okay? • 0 implied HN points • 18 Feb 21
🏥 Health & Wellness COVID-19 Vaccination Risk mitigation Health Benefits Decision-making
  1. Vaccination against COVID-19 aims to prevent disease for the individual and transmission to protect others. The available vaccines have shown strong protection against severe disease and death.
  2. Recent data suggests that COVID-19 vaccines not only protect against the disease but also reduce transmission. Vaccination plays a crucial role in combating the pandemic.
  3. Health extends beyond just avoiding illness. Mitigating risks, making informed decisions, and considering broader needs are essential components of overall health.

Product Management Skills - Articulating value risk

Joseph Gefroh • 0 implied HN points • 16 Feb 24
💼 Business Product Management Risk mitigation
  1. Value risk in product management is the risk that your solution may not be valuable to end users or customers, leading to wasted time and resources.
  2. Mitigating value risks requires deeply understanding your product and users, identifying problem areas, and quantifying the value to users and customers.
  3. To mitigate value risks, product managers should focus on understanding product features, observing user behavior, and identifying and addressing pain points in user experience.

Managing your Contact Budget

Joshua Gans' Newsletter • 0 implied HN points • 04 Sep 20
🏥 Health & Wellness Risk mitigation Preventative measures Family Dynamics
  1. A contact budget is an upper limit on the number of contacts you should have during a pandemic to manage the risk of getting infected with Covid-19.
  2. Events like going to the movies or a restaurant significantly increase the number of people you have contact with, which should be budgeted.
  3. It's important to trade-off activities and be mindful of managing contacts, even if exact calculations are challenging. Each decision to reduce risk, like wearing masks or socializing outdoors, adds to overall safety.