Between Two Joels

On this episode, Joel Armstrong and Joel Anderson dig into synthetic subgroup boosting — how it works, why borrowing data from similar groups can sharpen small samples, and what the bias-variance trade-off has to do with liking cheese in Washington State. They also break down the AI news of the week, from Anthropic's release of Claude Fable Five (and the safety hype around its withheld Mythos sibl...

On this episode of Between Two Joels, Dig Insights AI leaders Joel Armstrong and Joel Anderson dig into one of the most-cited papers in synthetic data research — and ask a simple question: what does 88% accurate actually mean? They unpack how digital twins are built, how accuracy gets measured, and why the headline number looks different once you understand what it's being compared to. Plus the la...

On the debut episode of Between Two Joels, Dig Insights AI leaders Joel Armstrong and Joel Anderson break down “System Zero” — a new framework for understanding how AI is reshaping consumer decision-making. All while reacting to the latest AI investment news and debating where people will (and won’t) trust AI to think for them.