The “Cobra Effect” is when a solution backfires—like when a bounty for dead snakes led people to breed more cobras. The result? Even more cobras. #CobraEffect #Economics #IncentiveFail #HistoryTrivia #PerverseIncentive

$1000 and free travel to immigrants willing to self-deport? Wonder how long before the mules start taking advantage of that. #CobraEffect

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Cobra Effect: The Story of Incentives Gone Wrong. #CobraEffect #LawOfUnintendedConsequences #logicalfallacy #cognitivebias #booksky #authors youtu.be/QaqDAIx0qIQ

How AI is changing call centers in the Philippines The AI revolution may seem farfetched or unbelievable to some, especially to those who aren’t tech-savvy. However, call centers in the Philippines experience its transformative impact today,

“The [AI] co-pilot is helpful, but I have to please the AI....It’s like we’ve become the robots.” - Call center agent in the #Philippines.

There's a lot of dimensions to #AIethics and #ResponsibleAI, #Upskilling, and #Reskilling. Then there's the #CobraEffect.

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Ever heard of the Cobra Effect? 🐍
Sometimes, the solutions we think are clever can come back to bite us!
Watch till the end to learn how a British plan to get rid of cobras in India ended up making the problem worse—and how this can happen in marketing too!
#CobraEffect #marketing #branding

Maikäfer sammeln für Freibadtickets Die Gemeinde Gaschurn hat einen ungewöhnlichen Aufruf gestartet: Wer einen Fünfliterkübel voll mit Maikäfern beim Altstoffsammelzentrum abgibt, bekommt eine Freikarte fürs Schwimmbad. Damit will man die Maikäferplage in der Gemeinde in den Griff bekommen.

Bald wirds in Gaschurn die ersten Maikäfer-Farmen geben.

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Psssst: if your building strictly uses security badges, but then gets upset when someone needs a temporary badge more than once, and stops issuing them, and then others get folks to let them in without a badge... you may not be helping the situation. #CobraEffect