‘There is a confirmation bias at work here: every developer who has experienced such a remarkable outcome is delighted to share it. It helps to contribute to a

‘There is a confirmation bias at work here: every developer who has experienced such a remarkable outcome is delighted to share it. It helps to contribute to a mass (human) hallucination that computers really are capable of anything, and really are taking over the world.” This is survivorship bias, a form of sample bias. Confirmation bias is a form of motivated reasoning where you search for evidence that confirms your existing beliefs.