Neal McBurnett

Election integrity, security, AI consultant. #RiskLimitingAudit pioneer. @VerifiedVoting board member, @LWV advocate. Free software dev.
And I love to dance!

[Neal McBurnett @nealmcb]

@TheEconomist This is an auditability problem, not a trust problem. Brazil uses paperless DREs, with no voter-verifiable paper ballot. The US election-security consensus has repudiated that model and nearly eliminated it. See Aranha's paper for the relevant science.
https://t.co/1PD5muQbNv

[Neal McBurnett @nealmcb]

@rickhasen Brazil uses what we call "DREs" (Digital Record Electronic) in the US. They have no "voter-verifiable paper ballot". The vast majority of experts have repudiated such machines for decades here and we are nearly rid of them. The lack of trust in the Brazil system is well deserved.

[Neal McBurnett @nealmcb]

@lorenc_dan has a very compelling essay on what we NEED TO DO as we stare into the abyss of open source security melting down under the glare of AI like Mythos. Let's get it done! The hardest fork https://t.co/iVaHOICljT

[Neal McBurnett @nealmcb]

@USPS I'm changing my address. You use Mymove to update voter registration. They won't let me proceed without picking a "free offer", none of which are of interest to me. Please offer a direct way to update voter registration without bringing more spam into my life.

[Neal McBurnett @nealmcb]

@RHKatzenberger I would have thought the intent layer was one deeper, at least *allowing* signalling vis PRISM and intercession via regulatory modules before the agent can proceed to call the tools/APIs

[Neal McBurnett @nealmcb]

Watch risk-limiting audits in Colorado! Drawing random seed for audit selections at 10 AM, see https://t.co/PMEmw4I7tR Committed SHA256 hash of hashes: c284f31a83d33fe5823629824b7df0f4782e590a72c6a9a8c14bd1d9d8490ca8 uploadStatus.csv
@COSecofState
@KimZetter
#RiskLimitingAudits

[Neal McBurnett @nealmcb]

Thank you, @IssueOneReform, for organizing such a strong bipartisan brief from so many former members of Congress and former governors in the fight to end SuperPACs!
#CampaignFinance #GetMoneyOut #Maine

https://t.co/LBpFbBMNCw

[Neal McBurnett @nealmcb]

Big thanks to @CampaignLegal for supporting Maine’s push to curb unlimited SuperPAC cash. It’s time voters—not megadonors—set the agenda. #CampaignFinance #GetMoneyOut #Maine

https://t.co/LBpFbBMNCw

[Neal McBurnett @nealmcb]

7 CONCLUSION: BRIDGING THE GENAI DIVIDE

Organizations that successfully cross the GenAI Divide do three things differently: they buy rather than build, empower line managers rather than central labs, and select tools that integrate deeply while adapting over time. ....

[Rohan Paul @rohanpaul_ai]

This is that original MIT report that said 95% of AI pilots fail and which spooked investors across US Stockmarket.

The reports says, most companies are stuck, because 95% of GenAI pilots produce zero ROI, while a small 5% win by using systems that learn, plug into real workflows, and improve with use.

Teams keep buying or building static tools that demo well but cannot remember context, adapt, or fit daily operations, and this report maps exactly how the few winners do it differently.

🧪 How they ran the study

They combined a review of 300+ public implementations with 52 structured interviews and 153 senior‑leader surveys across January to June 2025, which gives the patterns below real footing.

🧵 Read on 👇

[Rohan Paul @rohanpaul_ai]

This is that original MIT report that said 95% of AI pilots fail and which spooked investors across US Stockmarket.

The reports says, most companies are stuck, because 95% of GenAI pilots produce zero ROI, while a small 5% win by using systems that learn, plug into real workflows, and improve with use.

Teams keep buying or building static tools that demo well but cannot remember context, adapt, or fit daily operations, and this report maps exactly how the few winners do it differently.

🧪 How they ran the study

They combined a review of 300+ public implementations with 52 structured interviews and 153 senior‑leader surveys across January to June 2025, which gives the patterns below real footing.

🧵 Read on 👇

[Neal McBurnett @nealmcb]

@SommersBausch During the summer, it seems you tend to post at 8:00 p.m., rather than 7:00 p.m., about whether or not you'll have the open house. I.e. an hour before the start time.

[Neal McBurnett @nealmcb]

@SommersBausch Thank you for your wonderful open houses!
I think it's also worth pointing out that you have a more informative schedule and phone number available for confirmation via your website: https://t.co/mpcicaDQ6X

[Neal McBurnett @nealmcb]

Looking forward to 3 days of the #EvergreenJazzFestival starting at noon. What wonderful music and dancing!

[Joseph Lorenzo Hall, PhD @JoeBeOne]

"AfriNIC: Hope, Hijack, and the Harsh Lessons of African Multistakeholderism" by Emmanuel Vitus https://t.co/ApW3TozOk1

[Max Krohn @maxtaco]

I've been working on a new system called FOKS -- the federated open key service. There's a blog post that got picked up on hacker news discussing the launch: https://t.co/g2EtWoglz0

[Neal McBurnett @nealmcb]

@sweis @maxtaco And post-quantum layered in!

[Neal McBurnett @nealmcb]

@C_Sommerfeldt Even in his concession speech, Cuomo couldn't manage to pronounce Mamdani's name right. "Mandani". Good grief. https://t.co/BiPnyOngUo

[Thomas Bloom @thomasfbloom]

One of my favourite "I can't believe we don't know how to prove that" questions:

Is pi^pi^pi^pi an integer?

[Neal McBurnett @nealmcb]

@AravSrinivas Has this changed? I'm always redirected to Pro signup if I select R1 1776 model....

[Neal McBurnett @nealmcb]

Insightful, damning video on the clueless, superficial nature of Trump's tariff explanation, and the administration's estimate of Trump's coming inflation on imported goods : 10%!
They don't even know how to spell math, note the clueless asterisks at 7:50 https://t.co/Dlpy0DLoLU

[Neal McBurnett @nealmcb]

@Thenoticing13 @3rdRockfromSun_ @fireflyspace @NASA Why not? Apollo 17 got a photo of the Moon lit by earthshine. https://t.co/qBTS7fp9c3