Michael J. Lewis II

Curiosity-led nomad creating a better future through Data Science and Dialogue. RTs sometimes endorsements; views my own.

[Nikita Bier @nikitabier]

Some updates on the creator rev share program:

1. Soliciting engagements (“I’ll follow everyone who replies”) 3 or more times will results in removal from the program and your account will be forwarded to the policy team for suspension. Grok now catches all of these.

Nearly 4000 accounts were removed from the program today.

2. Our new model now detects duplicated content at 3x the rate of the previous model. Adding watermarks, intros and other edits will send monetized impressions to the original uploader. This also includes copying viral text posts (most common one: “Twitter is like the smoking section of the internet”).

We detected 1.5 million posts that were stolen this cycle. Repeated or intentional circumvention will lead to removal from the program.

With these changes, over $1 million will be given back to original content creators.

[Michael J. Lewis II @MichaelJLewisII]

A fun conversation from a few years back: https://t.co/zTmATQpV1w

[Michael J. Lewis II @MichaelJLewisII]

Pretty cool!

[Fox News @FoxNews]

“I don't even know how this is legal.”

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is questioning how lawmakers can disappear from Congress for months without public explanation after Sen. Mitch McConnell revealed previously undisclosed health issues that kept him away from the Capitol.

AOC says medical emergencies happen, but argues extended absences without transparency have “crossed” a line. @foxnewspolitics

[Crémieux @cremieuxrecueil]

It remains really remarkable that there is NO PUNISHMENT if academics do fraud in the overwhelming majority of cases.

You can get caught knowingly lying and shrug it off. Admin generally won't pursue. And if you get investigated, they might let you off to avoid embarrassment.

[Bill Gurley @bgurley]

@MichaelJLewisII @RonDeSantis @theallinpod This was me quoting the one and only @mcuban.

[Michael J. Lewis II @MichaelJLewisII]

@bgurley @RonDeSantis @theallinpod @mcuban Ah, I appreciate the correction! H/t to you both!

I will be lifting this line, with (now) proper attribution, when I resume teaching this fall.

[Washington Free Beacon @FreeBeacon]

EXCLUSIVE:

The share of successful National Science Foundation grants containing DEI language has plummeted to its lowest point in more than 20 years, highlighting the success of the Trump administration’s crackdown on the woke agenda, according to data obtained exclusively by @aaronsibarium.

[Michael J. Lewis II @MichaelJLewisII]

@vishnuelayi @paulg Integrity must become table stakes once again.

[Michael J. Lewis II @MichaelJLewisII]

@vishnuelayi @paulg Integrity must become table stakes once again.

[Michael J. Lewis II @MichaelJLewisII]

@paulg Go all the way.

- Bring back f2f oral exams.
- Prompt inject several online assignments/quizzes. Maximally enforce the university’s academic integrity policy.

100% serious.

[Crémieux @cremieuxrecueil]

"Wikipedia is... not a lovely, idealistic project staffed by students, scholars, and retirees who just want to share their knowledge to benefit the world... [T]he site has manifestly been captured by a small clique of ideologically motivated bullies."

[Vishnu Elayi @vishnuelayi]

@paulg That S22 dude be like

[Paul Graham @paulg]

A Brown professor gave his students a take-home midterm exam. After suspecting many cheated using AI, he made the final in-person. The orange dots are the midterm scores and the gray dots are the final scores. Looks like all but 3 cheated on the midterm.

[Greg Lukianoff @glukianoff]

AI is free speech’s next frontier.

It will shape what people read, write, ask, and know. That means the worst response is letting government panic decide what ideas, questions, or viewpoints AI tools are allowed to produce.

[Michael J. Lewis II @MichaelJLewisII]

@theallinpod Good to listen to @christopherrufo and @L0m3z

[Andrew Yang🧢⬆️🇺🇸 @AndrewYang]

The federal government is giving $1,000 in investment to any child born from Jan 1. 2025 - Dec 31 2028 - it’s a great thing let any new parents know 👍🇺🇸 https://t.co/iHwfvzLTV1

[Sawyer Merritt @SawyerMerritt]

SpaceX President and COO Gwynne Shotwell and her husband have announced that they are donating ~$325 million of SpaceX stock to Trump Accounts for more than two million children across the U.S.

Every one of those kids will now have a direct stake in a company whose mission is the most ambitious in human history: to make life multi-plantary 🚀