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Data Skeptic

The Data Skeptic Podcast features interviews and discussion of topics related to data science, statistics, machine learning, artificial intelligence and the like, all from the perspective of applying critical thinking and the scientific method to evaluate the veracity of claims and efficacy of approaches.

Website ↗ Last published 29 October 2026 308 posts collected by Sputnik

Said on Data Skeptic

“I don't know the number of times I've had people who work at tech companies who should really know better say something along the lines of as long as our cars behave consistently, people will adapt. And that is like a really ugly statement.” — Wendy Ju, Data Skeptic
Wendy Ju · 5 Oct 2026 Listen →
“When I showed it to people at Ford, they're like, that is the stupidest thing I've ever seen. And then inside of six months ... those same people at Ford were prototyping autonomous pizza delivery with Domino's pizza using, you know, this coach driver method.” — Wendy Ju, Data Skeptic
Wendy Ju · 5 Oct 2026 Listen →
“One thing that the automotive industry doesn't want you to know is that these cars get rear-ended at a rate that's like 10 times human drivers. These are not at-fault accidents. All the time, you will hear the statistic that these cars are safer than human drivers because they get into fewer at-fault accidents. And the reason why they have to say the word at-fault is because they get into so many more rear-end accidents.” — Wendy Ju, Data Skeptic
Wendy Ju · 5 Oct 2026 Listen →

Hosts

Data Skeptic is hosted by Becky Hansis-O'Neil , Becky Hansis-O'Neill and Asaf Shapira .

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Guests

Kunal Mukherjee (3 episodes), David Liu (3 episodes), Rebecca Salganik (3 episodes), Santiago de Leon (2 episodes), Corey Zekman (2 episodes), Andrea Ayana (2 episodes), Frank Bell (2 episodes), Ben Fulcher (2 episodes), Ashmi Banerjee (2 episodes), Robin Burke (2 episodes), Becca Taylor , Behnaz Moradi-Jamei , and 274 more.