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Steve Newman

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Co-founder of Writely (aka Google Docs) and 7 other startups. Now at the Golden Gate Institute for AI, working to bring AI’s toughest questions into focus.

Joined October 2010
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Steve Newman
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Time for another grab bag post. Click the link (in 🧵) to read how slow AI adoption by bad guys raise risks from open-weight models; how medical paperwork could be a bigger AI opportunity than coding; some great events we just ran (and how to hear about the next one); and more!
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RT @thuddwhirr: On one had, this is pretty cool. On the other hand, the only press releases I want to see from fusion companies at this poi….
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Steve Newman
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I wrote an explainer a while back, you can read it at Here's the heart of the matter.
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Steve Newman
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Incidentally, the reason this gossamer-thin blanket of CO₂ can have such a big impact on the climate is because space is freaking cold and the sun is freaking hot; even a minor perturbance to the energy flows between them and the earth has a big impact (explanation in 🧵).
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Steve Newman
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@ID_AA_Carmack On a related note: I once worked out that the extra CO₂ humanity has added to the atmosphere, if precipitated as dry ice, would form a layer 1.35 millimeters (about 1/20th of an inch) thick around the globe. That (plus some methane etc.) is what's driving climate change.
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RT @David_Kasten: Digression: Dean is literally editing something worth billions of market cap to GOOG on google docs, and everyone is (cor….
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Steve Newman
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ChatGPT just negative-1-shotted a task. I copied a list of names from our CRM into Gmail, but it came out cluttered with <a> tags. So I pasted into ChatGPT, planning to ask it to fix. and something about the ChatGPT prompt being plaintext caused the list to paste cleanly. 🤦.
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Asterisk Magazine is a treasure, and this promises to be a stellar program (with a dream team of mentors). If you have things to say about AI – apply!.
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Asterisk
5 days
Asterisk is launching an AI blogging fellowship!. We're looking for people with unique perspectives on AI who want to take the first step to writing in public. We'll help you build a blog — and provide editorial feedback, mentorship from leading bloggers, a platform, & $1K
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Steve Newman
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Find details & RSVP here:
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Steve Newman
10 days
Wednesday evening in SF I'll be chatting with @joel_bkr and Nate Rush (lead authors of this paper) – join us! (Registration link in 🧵.) We'll discuss reactions to the paper, further takeaways, and where things might go from here.
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Steve Newman
11 days
How much time do AI coding tools save? @METR_Evals just released a rigorous study with a startling result: developers take 19% longer to complete tasks when using AI!. The result is consistent with the idea that AI tools are most helpful for routine work in small projects,
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Steve Newman
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I've enjoyed my online conversation with Nate and @joel_bkr on this paper; looking forward to discussing it with them in public & IRL!.
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Golden Gate Institute for AI
11 days
Join us for a fireside chat about the new METR paper! (+ dinner & drinks). @snewmanpv will chat with @joel_bkr and Nate Rush about their methodology, whether the takeaway generalizes, how to square this result with other AI evals and forecasts, and more. 6pm next Wed, 7/16, SF
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RT @idavidrein: Steve gave us really useful feedback throughout the study—and he wrote a really accessible but thorough summary of our resu….
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Steve Newman
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How much time do AI coding tools save? @METR_Evals just released a rigorous study with a startling result: developers take 19% longer to complete tasks when using AI!. The result is consistent with the idea that AI tools are most helpful for routine work in small projects,
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Steve Newman
27 days
I sincerely cannot express how excited I am for The Curve. It'll be a beehive of deep conversations about AI with people + topics outside your usual circle. Click through to apply, nominate, or propose a session. Be at the firepit where it happens!.
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Golden Gate Institute for AI
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The Curve 2025 is on!. We're bringing together people from a broad range of fields & with disparate perspectives to discuss big questions about AI's future (timelines, natsec, growth, applications, & more). October 3-5 | Berkeley, CA. Apply by July 4th for early bird pricing
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