Andrew Maddox

Follower of Jesus. Husband. Daddy. Ice cream connoisseur. Creator of digital experiences. AI hobbyist. Digital Marketing @baylor. Views mine.

[Andrew Maddox @andrewmaddox]

And comedian Rich Vos.

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[Andrew Maddox @andrewmaddox]

Sounds like a comedian's gag or a funny line from a movie.

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[Andrew Maddox @andrewmaddox]

And yes, Gwynneth Paltrow's character from Bounce made the same quip way back in 2000: https://t.co/rgJAxDy6Mm

[Andrew Maddox @andrewmaddox]

I've noticed this on @DisneyPlus -- our "ad-free" tier now includes ads on many shows. I hate it. It's like The Princess Bride, "I do not think it means what you think it means."

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[Ethan Mollick @emollick]

Given the talk of AIs communicating via fluctuations in CPU temperature, I thought of this thread - there is more recoverable information in the world than you might expect.

[Andrew Maddox @andrewmaddox]

The devil is always in the details, but the idea makes good sense. Instead of cutting new arteries for power and pipelines, use what we already have.

[Secretary Sean Duffy @SecDuffy]

We have nearly 161,000 miles of highways thanks to President Eisenhower and another 140,000 miles of railroad tracks as part of the national freight network.

Why not make extra use of the land – which has already gone through permitting – as corridors for energy, fiber, other technologies of the future?

Introducing AMERICA’S GREAT CORRIDORS OF COMMERCE 

It’s just COMMON SENSE 🇺🇸🔥

[Andrew Maddox @andrewmaddox]

The track record of contrarian @edzitron isn't very impressive. But like @danluu suggests, even a broken clock is right twice a day. He's bound to get something right. Until then, I'm not sure why folks still listen to his perspective on AI.

[Dan Luu @danluu]

How accurate have Ed Zitron's AI skeptic predictions been?

https://t.co/gz2uhxMmHf

[Crémieux @cremieuxrecueil]

Californians could soon see some relief from their sky-high electric bills.

The reason? Data centers.

Thanks to data centers, PG&E has been able to offer rate cuts for the fourth time in two years.

Let's keep building!

[Ramez Naam @ramez]

Solar and batteries have transformed the Texas grid.

[Andrew Maddox @andrewmaddox]

Reminds me of Ian Malcolm in Jurassic Park

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[Andrew Maddox @andrewmaddox]

What could go wrong?

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[Andrew Maddox @andrewmaddox]

.@BretStephen_NYT I agree about risks of mental atrophy using AI for writing, but I'm wonder about the use of speechwriters. For politicians -- is it ok to outsource their thinking? How do we balance possible advantages for regular folks with the risks?

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[Andrew Maddox @andrewmaddox]

A first for me: @claudeai goes down, and I had to pivot to other projects for the afternoon.

[Andrew Maddox @andrewmaddox]

Consider transportation: My grandparents had 4 kids. 3 in the back; #4 was sandwiched in the front of their Buick. Today, having a single kid means having a large car/SUV just to accommodate the enormous rear-facing child seat. And that's with 1 kid.

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[Andrew Maddox @andrewmaddox]

Perhaps @AnthropicAI's views of OpenAI are spot on:

[Alex Tabarrok @ATabarrok]

Reuters confirms my hypothesized time line.

OpenAI did not realize its AI has breached the sandbox for a week.

Astounding.

https://t.co/XOh9BtKREv

[Andrew Maddox @andrewmaddox]

Presented without comment:

[DUDE Wipes @DUDEwipes]

We got you too

[Andrew Maddox @andrewmaddox]

Agreed with the assessment here:

[David Sacks @DavidSacks]

This is concerning. For the first time, a Chinese model Kimi K3 has taken #1 on the Frontend Code Arena and is scoring at or near the frontier on other benchmarks.

Meanwhile America is tying itself in knots: politicians and bureaucrats are banning new data centers, piling on state regulations, and pushing for new federal agencies to pre-approve frontier models.

This is how you lose the AI race. The rest of the world won’t play by our rules if we bog ourselves down. Permissionless innovation is how America won the internet and became the technological envy of the world. We can do it again with AI -- while addressing risks in a targeted way -- or we’ll watch our lead evaporate.

[Andrew Maddox @andrewmaddox]

Maybe the new ChatGPT app is better than the "Classic" one, but I'm not seeing it yet. Custom GPTs were one of the most useful tools for regular tasks, and it's just gone from the interface.

[Andrew Maddox @andrewmaddox]

I understand the difficulties cities face with competing demands over scarce tax dollars. But this strikes me as both ridiculous and sad. Ridiculous in that visitors to parks are largely city taxpayers. Sad in that parks are not important & seem like a good place for cuts.

[Dallas Morning News @dallasnews]

A Dallas audit says the parks department still relies too much on taxpayer funding as officials weigh $14 million in budget cuts. https://t.co/Ly8H24zpTi

[Andrew Maddox @andrewmaddox]

Uncertainty at a federal level makes me think this is a reasonable take. Federal blocking of model releases or mandating that they come down leads to uncertainty, something I think organizations will avoid as much as possible.

[Rohan Paul @rohanpaul_ai]

👀 This is from an ex-Meta PM.