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Here is a sample of public Insights made by Insight Maker users. This list is auto-generated and updated daily.

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Example from book "Complex System Research in Psychology" by Han van der Maas (https://santafeinstitute.github.io/ComplexPsych/)

Romeo & Juliet
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Extremely basic stock-flow diagram of compound interest with table and graph output in interest and savings development per year. Initial deposit, interest rate, yearly deposit and withdrawal can all be modified in Dutch.
Stock-Flow diagram of savings account - compound interest
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The limits to growth structure is based on the basic growth structure. And, as should be obvious, nothing grows forever as growth requires resources. Those required resources become a limits to growth. See also Archetypes.

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Limits to Growth
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This model simulates the tradeoff between AI costs in resources and the benefits of increased efficiency and effectiveness over time, using adaptive learning principles. It demonstrates how AI development evolves through different stages early, growth, and mature -with changing rates of investment, efficiency gains, and resource utilization.

The model tracks how AI systems stabilize over time as efficiency gains become harder to achieve, leading to a more mature and balanced system of investment and performance. It aims to provide insights into real-world AI dynamics, showing how resources translate into efficiency improvements and how diminishing returns, learning saturation, and reinforcement learning affect long-term growth.

AI Costs vs. Efficiency Tradeoff Model
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Insight feito a partir da adaptação de outros Insights produzidos por Paulo Inácio Prado e Kevin Shoemaker 
Competição intra e inter-específica
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Addition to Program Evaluation Insight based on Health System Efficiency WHO Europe 2016 publication includes vital signs
Health System Efficiency