Seth Stephens-Davidowitz is a data scientist who put his Harvard PhD to work at Google, as well as consulting for numerous Fortune 500 companies. His first book, Everybody Lies, was a New York Times bestseller and an Economist Book of the Year. Almost the entirety of his new book, Who Makes the NBA, was written over the course of a single month by leveraging AI data tools.
In this conversation, Seth, Jake and Alec discuss some of the incredible insights the book reveals, how AI is replacing coding with critical thought, and what the future looks like for sports data analytics.