Timothy B. Lee
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Reporting on AI and the future of the economy. Computer science masters degree from Princeton. @arstechnica alum. Subscribe to my AI newsletter!
Washington, DC
Joined March 2008
America's leading conservative think tank, ladies and gentlemen.
President Trump has made it clear to Indiana leaders: if the Indiana Senate fails to pass the map, all federal funding will be stripped from the state. Roads will not be paved. Guard bases will close. Major projects will stop. These are the stakes and every NO vote will be to
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American higher education discourse these days is a bit of a weird mix between “college admissions is a nuclear arms race kids are scheduling out 24-7-365 beginning in second grade” and “nobody at Harvard knows how to read anymore.”
Parenting norms in South Korea are apparently insane. American society has been trending in the same direction and we should think about ways to reverse this trend. The stakes aren't actually as high as a lot of parents think they are.
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So many people are getting rich that it's decimating the middle class.
High-income U.S. households earning over $150,000 now make up a record 34% of all households, up 29 points since 1965, while the middle class has fallen to a record-low 45%, down 11 points, per Bloomberg.
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Beautiful design meets backend power. Christina builds stunning apps. Rob ships full-stack projects. Both without code. YouWare builds your ideas in minutes.
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Science fiction writer @nealstephenson predicted the metaverse, wearable tech and artificial intelligence long before those technologies arrived. What does he think of it all now? Listen to the latest episode of Reasonably Optimistic from @asymmetricinfo:
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Science fiction writer Neal Stephenson predicted the metaverse, wearable tech and artificial intelligence long before those technologies arrived. What does he think of it all now? Host Megan McArdle...
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I believe that norms of overparenting drive down birthrate. (And lower birthrates drive up overparenting norms.) Liberal economists have praised "quality over quantity" parenting, but aside from the harms of lower birthrates, it also drives childhood anxiety. From my book👇
Parenting norms in South Korea are apparently insane. American society has been trending in the same direction and we should think about ways to reverse this trend. The stakes aren't actually as high as a lot of parents think they are.
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Parenting norms in South Korea are apparently insane. American society has been trending in the same direction and we should think about ways to reverse this trend. The stakes aren't actually as high as a lot of parents think they are.
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CIENCE is the GTM system behind 2,000 high-performing teams. We acquired CIENCE to train our models.
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It would be wildly impractical to repeal age verification laws for cigarettes and then tell parents they are responsible for ensuring their kids don't buy cigarettes. Limiting kids' access to Pornhub seems directly analogous.
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Everyone agrees that some products (like cigarettes and beer) are not appropriate for kids. We impose modest compliance burdens on adults to prevent kids from getting access.
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I am generally a fan of EFF's work but I do not find their case against age verification very compelling. It is never a good sign when your strongest argument is that something is "not a silver bullet."
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Bonus: @RuxandraTeslo used an old Full Stack Economics chart! Check out her writeup here. https://t.co/nmngABpylh
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Stop settling for less. Start solving the problem, permanently, with Dracyon.
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Really interesting study on motherhood and the gender wage gap.
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Understanding AI participates in the Tarbell fellowship program, which was covered by Semafor yesterday. @chi_t_williams is a Tarbell fellow. My experience is consistent with the first paragraph here: Tarbell has made no effort to influence what Kai covers or how he does it.
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Excited to share another NeurIPS event I'm helping with. We're hosting a dedicated booth to record researchers talking about their work, share that audio&video content on our socials, and start great conversations. What is it? - 10 minute researchers interviews recorded live at
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🔮A game where the world only exists with you in it. Away From Home is a pixel art rhythm RPG.
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I've spent the last week reading social scientists on Twitter mocking Michael Green's ridiculous "$140,000 poverty line" concept. @TheFP is so proud of their article on this they're running ads about it. Shameless.
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We just shipped Tasklet's biggest update since launch. The v2 agent is a ground-up rebuild of how our AI agents think, plan, and execute work. Here's what's new 🧵
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I have a draft post on news about self-driving cars for when I have a free slot, and I keep having to copy in a new version of this chart.
Waymo just announced testing (with safety drivers) in three new cities: Pittsburgh, St. Louis, and Baltimore. Legislation will be needed to enable driverless operation in both Baltimore and St. Louis (our first red-state question mark!).
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