http://programmer.ie/tags/exploration/ Recent content in Exploration on Programmer.ie: Modern AI programming Hugo en-us Mon, 14 Sep 2026 05:00:26 +0100 http://programmer.ie/books/applied-ai/26-chapter/ Mon, 14 Sep 2026 05:00:26 +0100 http://programmer.ie/books/applied-ai/26-chapter/ <p><em>Part 5 — More Intelligence Is Not Automatically Better</em></p> <h2 id="the-subgroup-that-almost-rewrites-the-chapter">The subgroup that almost rewrites the chapter</h2> <p>Start with the temptation, because the discipline only means something if the temptation is real. Inside a failed experiment sits this: one wording — counterfactual — with three draws per task covered 9 of 12 tasks. The normal wording, given three draws per task in the same portfolio, covered 7. Read quickly, that is a better prompt.</p>