Paul Richards and I were having a conversation recently about whether AI technology was making it easier to spot lies and deception. He asked me how I thought a ‘truth machine’ would impact the asset management industry and I responded (with tongue somewhat in-cheek): “it would destroy it”. This was the inspiration for our latest Decision Nerds episode where we discuss lies, mistruths and obfuscation.

In the episode we cover:

– A top five countdown of our favour asset manager ‘fibs’.

– Research that shows that while investment analysts think they are good at knowing when they are being lied to, they really aren’t.

– Whether AI is really better than humans at detecting lies.

– Why industry norms are likely to penalise the most open and transparent asset managers.

– How would a ‘truth machine’ impact investors and asset managers.

And lots more.

You can play the pod via the link below, or access at your favourite pod places.

Decision Nerds – Lying