Welcome to Complex Machinery!

What is this?

Complex Machinery is a newsletter about AI and risk. It occasionally dips into related topics like complexity, business models, emerging tech, and marketplaces.

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"Risk?" Isn't that just about bad stuff happening?

The term "risk" has several definitions, which change based on the context. Some definitions focus on what goes wrong, but really, risk is about upside as well as downside.

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Complex Machinery lands two or three times a month. Issues run anywhere from 1200-2000 words.

Some issues are a grab-bag of short segments, while others are essays.

Who's behind this newsletter?

Complex Machinery is written by Q McCallum. You can read more about me on my website but the gist is: I've spent my career in and around the emerging-tech space, and I've been in (The Field We Currently Call) AI since the early days of "predictive analytics" and "Big Data."

These days my work sits at the intersection of risk and AI. This newsletter is a space for me to share my thoughts.

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