Experimental Mind #266
Your weekly overview of interesting reads, events and jobs for the experimental mind.
Hi folks!
In today’s edition: a fascinating prediction on where AI can go in the next two years. Also 3 featured jobs and 6 new events.
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🔎 Interesting things you might have missed
AI 2027 scenario
A fascinating prediction by the nonprofit AI Futures Project. They forecast a rapid progression toward artificial superintelligence (ASI) by late 2027, driven by AI systems automating their own research and development processes. This acceleration is expected to result in AI agents surpassing human capabilities in tasks such as coding and research, potentially leading to significant societal and economic transformations.
Link
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Uncertainty as Doubt (part 2)
Big companies manage uncertainty by using structured routines and collective decisions, often avoiding risky bets, unlike smaller, more entrepreneurial firms. Link
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Course: Advanced Topics in Practical AB Testing
On June 2 Ronny Kohavi will host a new cohort of his advanced course on A/B testing. You will learn ten topics in three sessions of two hours. Get $200 off via this link.
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Last week’s most clicked item:
Eppo’s Talent Directory
Not all people from Eppo are joining Datadog. Fourteen people (~20%) are looking for other roles. Mostly from Sales and Marketing, but also Product and People. Looking for someone. Take a look at Eppo’s Talent Directory. Link
🎧 Podcast of the week
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🚀 Job opportunities, supported by Eppo
Find 100+ open roles on ExperimentationJobs.com. This week’s featured roles:
Manager, E-commerce Analytics & Experimentation at Groupe Dynamite (Ville Mont-Royal, Canada)
Machine Learning Engineer – RCS Analytics (ML, Experimentation) at CVS Health (New York, USA)
Senior Digital Analyst – CRO and Optimisation at Air New Zealand (Auckland, New Zealand)
Staff Data Scientist, Ads Experimentation at Reddit (USA)
Senior CRO Specialist at Sofatutor (Berlin, Germany)
📅 Upcoming events
A running list of upcoming events.
14 May: Experimentation North #3, (Leeds, UK)
15 May: Berlin Experimentation Meetup #8 (Berlin, Germany)
20 May: CRO Belgium Meetup (Ghent, Belgium)
🆕21 May: Experimentation Unite (Vienna, Austria)
22 May: Experimentation Culture Awards (virtual)
🆕22 May: Experimentation London #5 (London, UK)
🆕23 May: Stanford Causal Science Center Conference on Experimentation (US)
30 May: Value driven experimentation with Sam Burge (TLC, virtual)
🆕2 Jun: Advanced Topics in Practical AB Testing (virtual, get $200 off)
🎁4-5 Jun: Experimentation Elite (Birmingham, UK, get 10% off:
EXELITEJOBS10)11 Jun: Student's T-Test Day (Murphy’s Pub, Seattle, USA)
🆕12 Jun: DiDo #48: How to truly understand your customers (Utrecht, NL)
🆕9 Jul: Women in Experimentation Summit 2025 (virtual)
Check out more experimentation conferences & events in 2024
💬 Quote to think about
Before you discover what you love: fewer commitments, more experiments. After you discover what you love: fewer experiments, more commitments.
— James Clear
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Have a great week — and keep experimenting.
Thanks, Kevin