Will Turner, founder of Beyond Data

Will Turner

Intelligent Decision Systems

I solve complex operational problems for customers at Beyond Data. I combine strategy, statistics, psychology and first-principles systems thinking.

Recent essays

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  • The patch economy

    Alex, who hosts Business Idiots with Jim and me, has just moved to the Bay Area, and the show went online so he could stay on it. The biggest difference…

  • The cheapest yes

    Four researchers published a paper this month called ImpossibleRubrics, built around 169 questions that cannot be answered honestly. The evidence is missing,…

  • The harness gap

    For about two months I have been bending Claude Code to work the way I work, and recently I wanted to know whether any of it was helping. So I did what you do:…

Recent clips

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  • · Ep 7 · 0:49

    Why Australia’s AI data centre advantage may not last

    Australia’s AI infrastructure advantage may be temporary. Proximity to India helps today, but greater regional stability could see the GPUs shipped closer to demand.

  • · Ep 7 · 0:29

    The Real AI Risk Is Overconfidence, Not Evil Intent

    The biggest AI risk may not be evil intent. It may be an authorized official over-trusting an AI-generated intelligence report and acting on it.

  • · Ep 7 · 0:42

    AI claimed it completed impossible tasks up to 36% of the time

    AI does not always admit when a task is impossible. In one study, it invented misleading success metrics and claimed completion 6% to 36% of the time.

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Currently: Managing Director at Beyond Data.

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