dj patil

Former U.S. Chief Data Scientist. I build things.

[De Anza College @deanza_college]

🎉 De Anza is launching Silicon Valley’s first Associate in Science degree in Applied Artificial Intelligence, along with six new AI-focused credentials and more than 20 additional new degree and certificate programs this fall.

🔗 Read more at https://t.co/aqeq7TMta3

[Ken Broad @Metis65]

Join me in welcoming @GadSaad to @cwclub in SF in exactly two weeks, on Wed June 10th at 5:30 PDT!

Gad is an evolutionary behavioral scientist and offers a unique perspective on societal ills stemming from inherited traits that have proven maladaptive in modern society. His new @HarperCollins book is “Suicidal Empathy - Dying to Be Kind,” which is a much-anticipated follow-up to 2021’s “The Parasitic Mind - How Infectuous Ideas are Killing Common Sense.”

Gad will be in conversation with fellow honey badger, investigative journalist and author Michael @shellenberger

More details and registration links, both in-person and remote, via link below 👇

https://t.co/lnSuXQXul2

[dj patil @dpatil]

@johnarnold And they ask for tip on top of the amount + surcharge

[dj patil @dpatil]

To those who made the ultimate sacrifice and to the families who remember, thank you. You're the reason we get to sleep soundly at night. #memorialday

[dj patil @dpatil]

1️⃣ COMPANIES/SPONSORS → we need you! https://t.co/uqXRWvH6zf

2️⃣ MENTORS/COACHES → https://t.co/4HXY0wAxAw

3️⃣ NEED INTERNS? → Let us know! https://t.co/c0NxBuR3VR you’ve responded, hang in there! We’re going to get back to you very soon!

4️⃣ STUDENTS!!!!!!!!!! Get on the email list! → https://t.co/4HXY0wAxAw

[dj patil @dpatil]

🚨🚨 UPDATE! WE'RE DOING THIS! Now I need your help! Sponsors, mentors, and INTERNS!

☔ Here are some things I’ve learned:
- Many people have applied to 300+ internships without an offer
- Companies that have opened up internships have been swamped with applications
- Intern offers have been pulled
- Companies aren’t doing internships because they don’t plan to hire or are downsizing
- People are scared, really scared

🌈 There are good things happening!
1. People are opening up more internship opportunities!
2. An incredible number of you are willing to mentor and hold workshops
3. Nonprofits and gov want your help!
4. There are many great programs that are thinking about what to do in the longer term.

🚨 So we’re going to do our part! I’ve put a small team together and we’re sprinting to launch something *very* soon to help you hack your summer!

SEE THE NEXT THREAD!!!!

Oh, and we need a name...got ideas? 💡

[dj patil @dpatil]

Hope to see you all this morning!

[Tim O'Reilly @timoreilly]

Tomorrow morning at 9 am Pacific time, I'll be going live with @DJ44 to talk about how to build corporate data infrastructure that will allow AI agents to achieve their full potential. https://t.co/wbPpQRYIzw

[dj patil @dpatil]

1. 2013 University of Maryland — “Why I’m Counting On You To Fail”
https://t.co/OaQZhiQAlb

2. 2013 Berkeley — “Be Mr. Knapp”

https://t.co/nzBH1Ysmwu

3. 2014 UC Santa Cruz — “Fight for YES”
https://t.co/rIzo2Omgih

4. 2020 UC San Diego — “From One Data Scientist to Another”
https://t.co/aNP1TRSD9I

5. 2025 Berkeley — “The 10x Life”
https://t.co/V56NvsHHlg

[dj patil @dpatil]

I’ve been fortunate to give 5 commencement speeches over the years.

Each one was a chance to reflect on the advice, stories, and lessons that mattered most to me — usually learned the hard way.

Let's be honest – it's a challenging time graduating now. But the world needs you more than ever! Hope you'll take a read to see why I BELIEVE IN YOU and my advice

Including the story behind this card

[Commonwealth Club World Affairs of California @cwclub]

This month @cwclub — @JoannaStern @StienstraTom @SimoneStolzoff @MarthaRaddatz @manoushz @BenoitDLewis @allstarjukebox @tab_delete @AWeissmann_ @futuretester @DionLimTV and more!
Details & tickets: https://t.co/PXkgnUZ302

[dj patil @dpatil]

@EmilyDreyfuss @Clara_Gold There is definitely a story to tell here. I'm not sure if it has diminished, the incentive function has changed, or the other "stuff" has swamped out the mission driven. I do think for the big companies margin pressure is an issues etc. Happy to chat!

[dj patil @dpatil]

@michaelsgoodco @jamescham Love that! Really good addition

[dj patil @dpatil]

We had an awesome set of people come out for office hours yesterday at @UCSD! Thank you for so many being open with sharing their hopes, dreams, and what is keeping you up at night.

Some things that we talked about
- challenges in intern market (many have applied to more than 300 internships without a response!!!)
- what is hiring going to look like next year?
- what is going to be the state of research funding in the country?
- we’re about to push out so many incredible immigrants that are exactly the people we need to power innovation
- UC San Diego is 💪💯🔥

[James Cham @jamescham]

In honor of hearing backstory behind @dpatil’s approach to solving big problems, I am sharing it here:

- Dream in years
- Plan in months
- Evaluate in weeks
- Ship Daily

- Prototype for 1x
- Build for 10x
- Engineer for 100x

- What’s required to cut the timeline in 1/2
- What needs to be done to double the impact

[dj patil @dpatil]

It's room PEB 520 not 250! 🤦‍♂️

[dj patil @dpatil]

Hey San Diego! I'm going to have Office Hours this Tues from 3-5pm at UC San Diego. I'd love to hear from you! Hope to see you there! @UCSD @UCSDJacobs

[dj patil @dpatil]

Incredible work powered by great science. Basic science at universities gives is this kind of advantage. It’s a big mistake that we’ve massively cut back on this kind of basic R&D.

[Collin Rugg @CollinRugg]

NEW: The CIA used a secret tool called "Ghost Murmur" that uses AI to find heartbeats to rescue the U.S. airman who was stranded in Iran, according to the New York Post.

The secret technology was allegedly used for the first time in the field, according to the Post.

"The secret technology uses long-range quantum magnetometry to find the electromagnetic fingerprint of a human heartbeat and pairs the data with artificial intelligence software to isolate the signature from background noise," the Post reported.

"It’s like hearing a voice in a stadium, except the stadium is a thousand square miles of desert," the source said.

"In the right conditions, if your heart is beating, we will find you."

"The name is deliberate. ‘Murmur’ is a clinical term for a heart rhythm. ‘Ghost’ refers to finding someone who, for all practical purposes, has disappeared..."

"Advances in a field known as quantum magnetometry, specifically sensors built around microscopic defects in synthetic diamonds, have apparently made it possible to detect these signals at dramatically greater distances."

CIA Director John Ratcliffe appeared to hint at this technology on Monday, saying the CIA possessed "unique capabilities" but said he couldn't "tell you everything that you want to know."

President Trump also revealed during the press conference that the CIA spotted the officer from about "40 miles away."

Insane.

[dj patil @dpatil]

TOMORROW 6pm in SF near the Ferry Building! We have some tix left to meet @slightchangepod @MayaUmaShankar ! Her book is one of the best I've read this year! @cwclub https://t.co/wSMNTTjP71

[dj patil @dpatil]

@FadelMegahed I completely agree. I thinking of the doing the easiest of hard things -- create a discord server and let people self organize. I'm terrified or having to have to do selection + logistics.

[dj patil @dpatil]

I've been spending time across the US with college students & faculty. There's a theme: students can't get internships this summer.

Not just a few students. LOTS of students. Doesn't matter what kind of school you're at. The pipeline that used to work — apply, interview, get placed — feels broken in a way I haven't seen since 2008.

Back then I wrote something called "Hack Your Own Summer" — the idea that if nobody's going to hand you an internship, you should build your own. Make something. HAVE SOMETHING TO SHOW FOR IT!!!!

I think it's time to do that again, but bigger.

Here's what I'm thinking: What if we stood up a program — free, open, student-led — where students who don't have internships this summer team up and build real projects? Real enough to put on a resume. Real enough to demo. Think of it like a summer-long hackathon or a YC-esque kind of thing with structure: teams, mentors, weekly speakers, and a demo day at the end.

I don't have it all figured out. That's the point of this post. I NEED HELP!!

If you're a student without an internship this summer — what would make something like this worth your time?

I think this would be best if run by a bunch of college kids. Would you want to do that?

If you're a professional who'd volunteer a few hours to mentor or coach — what would you need to say yes?

If you've run something like this before — what worked and what didn't?

Drop your ideas below. I'm reading everything. And if you're a student who wants to help build this from day one — LMK!