arg min: a blog of minimum value.
By Ben Recht.
Working my way through the history, foundations, and validity of decision making by people and machines. I think we used to call this Cybernetics? I will also throw in semiregular ramblings about music.
Blogs before 2023 are here.
My “professional” website is here.
I’ll probably still yell on Twitter sometimes: @beenwrekt
Artwork contributed by Isaac Sparks.
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Ben is a Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences at the University of California, Berkeley.