Cameron GordonMar 13 minUsing Infectious Disease Modelling To Understand Public Policy SpreadIn January I attended a course on infectious disease modelling as part of the AMSI Summer School. The rapid spread of COVID-19 made this ...
Cameron GordonFeb 204 minCan an Economy Feel Joy?In a previous post, I received a comment which mentioned an interesting thought experiment: The China Brain. The idea goes as follows - i...
Cameron GordonFeb 204 minThe Unreasonable Effectiveness of Deep Learning in Decision Making Systems In The Unreasonable Effectiveness of Mathematics in the Natural Sciences Eugene Wigner declared 'The miracle of the appropriateness of th...
Cameron GordonJan 244 minAn Algorithmic View of LawIn Western Australia it an offence to possess more than 50kg of potatoes, unless you are a member of the Potato Corporation. Challenging ...
Cameron GordonDec 26, 20194 minEnd of 2019 Book List I've always liked book lists. That doesn't mean I can write them: advertising doesn't come naturally to me, and summaries are a lousy for...
Cameron GordonDec 14, 20193 minWhat can we learn from slime mould?A slime mould is an amorphous blob of unthinking biological material, capable of extraordinary acts of creative planning and navigation. ...
Cameron GordonDec 6, 20194 minArtificial EconomicsThose that know me will know that I've run a couple blogs over the years - this marks the first time I've decided to do so under my own n...