alt Hacker NewsComputer hardware isn't the only 'tech' that exists, you know?
Problems in operations research (like logistics) or fraud detection can be just as technical.
Computer hardware isn't the only 'tech' that exists, you know?
Problems in operations research (like logistics) or fraud detection can be just as technical.
Fraud detection is a Red Queen's race. If the amount of resources that goes into fraud detection and fraud commission grows by 10×, 100×, 1000×, the resulting increase in human capacities and improvement in human welfare will be nil. It may be technically challenging but it isn't technology.
Operations research is technology, but Uber isn't Gurobi, which is a real tech company like Intel, however questionable their ethics may be.