• The Violent Coexistence of AI and humans

    • Robert Alexandrou
    May 01, 2023Educational

    In our world a single computer glitch or a missing character in a line of code can take down countries, like the Y2K glitch, where the software was not updated worldwide to register the new Millenia in 2000 and people went hysterical as they believed...

  • Are Big Tech Companies Running out of Ideas?

    • Max Hedeman Joosten
    Mar 18, 2023Educational

    Big tech giants like Amazon, Google, Meta and the tech industry as whole have experienced tremendous growth over the past years. However, the recent dip in their stock prices, disappointing results, and challenges they face have led to concerns about...

  • The Tug-of-War between Regulations and Innovation: Impacts on Economic Growth

    • Gabriela Creţu
    Mar 07, 2023Educational

    Since childhood, my parents always expected me to be in a certain way, to behave in a certain manner and never gave me the opportunity to ask why. This thought might sound a little bit outrageous, but I am wondering whether too many institutions and ...

  • Human or AI

    • Floris De Vries
    • Anissa El Mazouzi
    Feb 27, 2023

    "Where the spirit does not work with the hand, there is no art." This quote of Leonardo da Vinci looks universal but is made irrelevant by the invention of AI. Even artists are concerned that their works are worth nothing because it i could be replic...

  • How can we make the p-value intuitive? - A quest for knowledge and truth

    • Simon Benhaiem
    Feb 10, 2023

    Understanding what a p-value is lies at the heart of our existence. However precise the professor’s description is, no one can actually make sense of it. So, we went on a quest: can we find an intuitive and memorable meaning of this devilled value? W...

  • The Dangers of Chat GPT: The Rise of Artificial Intelligence in the Financial Industry

    • Gabriela Creţu
    • Simon Benhaiem
    • Floris De Vries
    • Oliwer Wirkus
    • Anissa El Mazouzi
    • Orestis Tziapouras
    • Max Hedeman Joosten
    • Mikhail Muradov
    Jan 30, 2023News

      Chat GPT is a cutting-edge artificial intelligence technology that is rapidly gaining popularity in the financial industry. This powerful technology is capable of generating vast amounts of data and responding to market events in real-time, making...

  • Behavioral Revolution

    • Oliwer Wirkus
    Jan 16, 2023Educational

    "It's such a ****", everyone thought to themselves while studying microeconomics… and they were right. To some extent at least. Although the models might be useful in many ways, they are far from being true, with too many inevitable flaws such as the...

  • ASML: Large expansion plans not welcomed by small-town residents

    • Anissa El Mazouzi
    Jan 07, 2023News

    'The campus is characterized by the near-permanent presence of cranes, construction chains and construction traffic,' acknowledges the world's leading manufacturer of chip-making equipment on their website. Residents of the Dutch town in which ASML i...

  • Estimator's winter top 5's

    • Gabriela Creţu
    • Simon Benhaiem
    • Floris De Vries
    • Oliwer Wirkus
    • Anissa El Mazouzi
    • Orestis Tziapouras
    • Daan Derksen
    Dec 25, 2022

    Daan: Top 5 winter clothes The number one will be the piece of clothing I resort to first, and you'll only see me in number five if polar bears are nearing. Pole position is going to the sweater, because at first it's becoming Sweater Weather! With...

  • The World Cup winner: What does the data say?

    • Floris De Vries
    Dec 03, 2022

    The group stage of the World Cup in Qatar has come to an end. A lot of late goal deciders and unexpected results while the knockout phase has not even started yet. But who is going to win the World Cup? Luckily, some companies are specialised in the ...