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Cassie Kozyrkov

Founder of Decision Intelligence (ex-Google)

Explains AI and data science through a decision-making lens, with a focus on avoiding common analytical errors before deploying AI. Coach's note: Read her if you work with data and want to avoid confident-but-wrong conclusions.

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Key arguments & positions

  • Argues the core AI-adoption challenge is decision-making, not the technology — organizations need "decision intelligence" discipline to know when to trust AI outputs.
  • Warns against treating AI models as oracles.
  • Writes about "ethical debt" — AI teams deferring ethical safeguards the way software teams once deferred technical debt.

Accomplishments

  • Google's first Chief Decision Scientist.
  • Founder and CEO of Kozyr.
  • Prolific writer and frequent keynote speaker on decision intelligence and AI-era judgment.

Papers & key writings

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Timeline

  1. 2016Becomes Google's first Chief Decision Scientist.
  2. 2023Leaves Google and founds the consultancy Kozyr.

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Cassie Kozyrkov

AI advisor and former Google Chief Decision Scientist (2018-2023), now working independently on decision science and applied AI.

Why I recommend it: Explains AI and decision-making in plain language without either hype or fear — rare in this space.

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