James

Dad of 3 boys. Long suffering @essendonfc fan. Health Economics. Data science. Public Policy.

[James @jamesgaw]

Nearly two thirds of parents say they experience psychological distress - check in on the parents, they’re not doing so well
https://t.co/GL7n76oZp8

[Anthropic @AnthropicAI]

Our internal data shows Claude is accelerating AI development—a possible path to recursive self-improvement, or AI autonomously building a more capable successor.

It’s happening faster than we thought, and the implications deserve greater attention. https://t.co/OVVPJO7VQx

[James @jamesgaw]

@kareem_carr I don’t think it’s slow, and it’s going to be a sad state of affairs for knowledge workers very soon. I see this everyday - you ask someone to complete a task. They put your request directly into an LLM and send you the output. It turns out ok. What’s the point of the person?

[James @jamesgaw]

@kareem_carr That’s why we pre-specify analyses and publish protocols

[Abubaker Abed @AbubakerAbedW]

This is barely a 2-year-old girl that wants to fill her two gallons of water.

On which planet are we living to allow this to happen? How cruel, monstrous this world is!

Unforgivable. Unfathomable trauma on children.

[James @jamesgaw]

Female foetocide is a scourge on society. I’m so glad to see some evidence of the practice declining around the world.

[The Economist @TheEconomist]

The noxious practice of aborting girls simply for being girls has become dramatically less common. The preference for having boys is declining. But what comes next may not be simple or trouble-free https://t.co/zeOT5uPMfz

Cover image: Lisa Sheehan

[James @jamesgaw]

@essendonfc Took us too long to wake up. Dursma was huge

[James @jamesgaw]

11% of 6 year olds are accessing the #NDIS ?

https://t.co/jE6dLGWMCb

[James @jamesgaw]

@vatesy Elijah would nail that tackle 9 times out of 10. He let go of him at the last minute. Nothing to worry about

[James @jamesgaw]

Promising signs for the Dons today. Back 6 stood up and McKay’s effort was outstanding. Port will be a good test #AFLDonsCrows

[James @jamesgaw]

My tiny offshoot suburb is just like Coburg – but boring https://t.co/5BrHvbwPsp It Shore is #pascoevalesouth

[James @jamesgaw]

@conservmillen Who is it?

[James @jamesgaw]

@kareem_carr 114 lines. No more, and no fewer

[James @jamesgaw]

@DrEricDing @DrBronKing Eric, that’s the subsidised price the patient pays, not the price the manufacturer is selling it for

[James @jamesgaw]

@f2harrell Usually you just leave them in if there’s not a very strong reason to remove them, right? Eg data entry was incorrect?

[James @jamesgaw]

Terribly sad news. Vale Mary-Louise. Thank you for helping us through the pandemic https://t.co/wu1jDkCdQy

[James @jamesgaw]

@sammyjcomedian my kids taught me this word, and now I use it at every opportunity 😂

[James @jamesgaw]

And with the nutmeg! #matildas #FIFAWomensWorldCup

[James @jamesgaw]

Princess Mary, who’ve you got? #matildas #FIFAWomensWorldCup2023 #aus #den

[James @jamesgaw]

So who’s liking “X”?