Valuable Reminder of Survivorship Bias

Published in Vibe on 2026-03-31

Don't reinforce where the bullets are. Reinforce where they aren't.

AI-generated image depicting survivorship bias — a WWII bomber diagram with bullet holes concentrated on the wings and fuselage, illustrating the areas where returning planes were hit.

AI laundered version of a real, historical image in a style that GPT thinks is cool. Mostly stolen from Plague Inc. I'm guessing.

This is a well understood thing that I just learned this particular powerful example of. So I asked AI to note it for me in an effort not to really ingest the information, but instead catalogue it such that I can believe that I learned from it.