Beth Richardson

Engineer, founder & writer thinking about AI, human agency, and what we should—and shouldn’t—hand over to machines.

[Beth Richardson @control_complex]

@drfeifei The measure of AI progress can’t be capability alone. It has to be whether that capability expands human agency, judgment, and flourishing.

Human-centered AI isn’t a constraint we add at the end. It’s an architectural choice from the beginning.

[Fei-Fei Li @drfeifei]

The goal of building any technology, AI included, should be bettering human lives and society.

[Beth Richardson @control_complex]

@Yoshua_Bengio @UN Safety must be architected into our systems from the start, not bolted on later. That means decentralization and layered safeguards—not just model eval at deployment, important as that is.

Dismissing these concerns as PR theater gives builders permission to look away.

[Beth Richardson @control_complex]

What if "Can AI outsmart a human?" is the wrong question?

Better: can it outperform a human using AI?

AI wins where speed is the constraint. Most real work needs judgment, context, interaction.

Human + AI is the real benchmark. That's the centaur.
https://t.co/pzJ5aOQbMx

[Beth Richardson @control_complex]

2026 Human-AI collaboration, meet 1983 automation control systems:

"If the human operator is not involved in on-line control, [they] will not have detailed knowledge of the current state of the system."

— Lisanne Bainbridge, Ironies of Automation, 1983

Oh, the irony.

[Dario Amodei @DarioAmodei]

We Must Pace the Frontier: I’ve written a new essay on why the AI industry should slow down, with a three-part plan for doing so.

Anthropic is unilaterally committing to the first of these steps. We’ll provide third-party evaluators with permanent, employee-level access to our systems, so that they can verify adherence to our safety measures, report on incidents, and assess models’ alignment during training.

You can read the full post here: https://t.co/OGyPb7yaYt

[Beth Richardson @control_complex]

Time to pick the thread back up.

[Beth Richardson @control_complex]

@MsPackyetti I voted but didn’t get as involved in helping others vote bc polls said Trump couldn’t win. This year I am going to vote again but I also want to get involved in helping OTHERS vote. Ending the current administration is more important than any vote I have made in the past.

[Beth Richardson @control_complex]

“Leadership is all about balance. You have to be able to take the high road and understand different view points to solve the world’s toughest challenges.” -keynote from Aicha Evans, CEO of Zoox #GHC19

[Beth Richardson @control_complex]

“It’s ok to feel small. Sometimes I still do. But together we can build something bigger than all of us.” -keynote from Dr. Fei-Fei Li, Co-Director of Stanford’s Human Centered AI Institute #GHC19

[Beth Richardson @control_complex]

Long badge line full of women engineers here at #GHC19. It’s emotional to see the culture of software evolving, but also to think about what it has historically looked like. I love all you ladies and I’m so glad we are all here working it and supporting each other. Keep it up!

[Beth Richardson @control_complex]

...i have to resort to twitter to communicate with others.... #lifeWithoutSlack

[Slack Status @SlackStatus]

We are looking into connectivity issues at this time. We'll keep you posted as soon as we have news on this. https://t.co/47enX4qkmr

[Kevin Hutson @mrjabba]

Shut up and take my money @erniecline :-) #austin https://t.co/TOrU0WGm2f

[Beth Richardson @control_complex]

#WonderWoman banner on #springboot application startup. Totally worth the flight to #UberConf17. Thanks @habuma for the pro-tip!

[Kelly Shortridge @swagitda_]

Young male founders are "promising," while young female founders are "inexperienced." VCs, language, & gender https://t.co/Urk953U6nf

[Programming Wisdom @CodeWisdom]

"Good code is short, simple, and symmetrical – the challenge is figuring out how to get there." - Sean Parent

[Beth Richardson @control_complex]

@kevinroose I live in ATX and recommend Fasten. No need to live without... just install a different app and be done.

[Beth Richardson @control_complex]

“At the very least, I want to look at trees a million more times. Is that too much to ask?” -- RIP Amy Krouse Rosenthal

[Beth Richardson @control_complex]

Way to go Blackbaud Women in Engineering! https://t.co/KkggsD2Emc

[Oak Springs @OakSpringsElem]

Thank you Camp @blackbaud for hosting us! Really diggin' the strong female presence in #STEM! 🙌🏽#AISDproud

[Beth Richardson @control_complex]

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