Matt Bailey

not a work account

[Gillian Branstetter @GBBranstetter]

Pretty big news: The next version of @uscensusbureau's weekly Pulse survey--measuring the impact of the pandemic including income loss, mental health, and food/housing instability--will finally collect respondent's sexual orientation or gender identity https://t.co/hgXPxpcm7B

[@scottjshapiro.bsky.social @scottjshapiro]

The Trump experience has soured me on fascism

[Venkatesh Rao ☀️ @vgr]

Capitalism beat communism not because it had better values but because it better embodied the message of the medium: mass production with interchangeable parts.

The winner out of 2020 will be whatever best embodies the spirit of software/mobile phones. Sneer at your own peril.

[Tim Hwang @timhwang]

🤔 the financial pressure of COVID will reshape corporate research priorities in AI in enormously revealing ways:

was the commitment to funding ML fairness work genuine, or cosmetic?

how much of the funding on building general systems was just a luxury plaything?