Elliot Portakowski

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[Elliot Portakowski @portakowski]

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[Van Jones @VanJones68]

“There are two kinds of smart people: those who take simple things and make them sound complicated, and those who take complicated things and make them sound simple. Be the second kind.” - Willie Anthony Jones, R.I.P. https://t.co/3fNKPc4NwL

[nature @Nature]

The US National Science Foundation (NSF) — a major funder of basic research — has restricted the flow of new research grants to a group of elite universities, Nature has learnt.

https://t.co/dUcCrJh4Dm

[rishi @RishiBommasani]

AI is changing how employers hire workers.

Today we are publishing our research over the past four years into this high-stakes application of AI.

We independently studied the impacts of deployed AI hiring tools based on the real outcomes for 3.3 million people.

[Lux_Stella @Lux_Stella_]

there's some really interesting commentary from one of the mathematicians in the companion paper

not to pour cold water on the results necessarily - but it suggests this is a specific "kind" of proof these models might be particularly good at

[Peter John Lambert @pj_lambert]

This has been shown to be concentrated in routine-cognitive white collar occupations. The challenge we highlight is that GenAI exposure is super strongly correlated with WFH exposure, posing a challenge for empirical analysis.

[Gabriel Zucman @gabriel_zucman]

Hello @JeffBezos, since you question the results of our studies on the unfairness of the US tax system, please allow me to remind you of the main conclusions of our work, the most comprehensive research to date on this issue.

[Elliot Portakowski @portakowski]

@uhshanti hahaha is this real?

[Dana Milbank @Milbank]

I am leaving the Washington Post to join a new journalistic venture backed by Politico founder Robert Allbritton that will be both the hometown publication the D.C. region sorely needs and a scrappy and fearless national news organization. I hope you'll join us.

[Tim Siedell @badbanana]

Man was not meant to monitor this many situations.

[Elliot Portakowski @portakowski]

@Gonzalez4NY @SenGonzalezNY Okay, found + read the bill. I dunno, still seems a little unclear how this will be interpreted/adjudicated in practice. Still seems like there's a lot of leeway to interpret the law overly broadly. Need to mull it over more/reread/discuss with friends

https://t.co/7p5abtnPH0

[Elliot Portakowski @portakowski]

@Gonzalez4NY @SenGonzalezNY Appreciate the reply. I should read the text of the bill, I guess it depends how broadly impersonate is actually defined

[Alex Imas @alexolegimas]

At the end of January I started a "living document" tracking the impact of AI on productivity. I highlighted a disconnect: while micro studies showed a clear boost, the macro evidence was muted. I wrote that I expected this to change in the near term. Apparently "near term" is a bit over a month.

The post has been updated with almost a dozen new studies, on benchmarks, new tasks, etc. Importantly, updates to the aggregate data are also showing what looks like AI productivity gains. It is still early days, but worth noting.

See post here: https://t.co/AtsqhaHzT9

[Elliot Portakowski @portakowski]

@MorePerfectUS This doesn't seem to help ordinary working people, but rather cuts them off from accessing free and useful info

[Trip Gabriel @tripgabriel]

this story has legs

[Fight for a Union @FightForAUnion]

Why don’t y’all compete over who can pay their workers the most

[Wojtek Kopczuk 🇵🇱🇺🇦 and 🇺🇲 @wwwojtekk]

This is the most anti-free market US administration that I've seen and it's not even close

[Isaac Saul @Ike_Saul]

No administration of my lifetime has been more antagonistic toward the private sector, free markets, and free trade. All the warnings of socialists and Democratic overreaches and government intrusion — it's all worse in reality right now than ever before. Just remarkable.

[breadloaf 🛤️ @taxspendlib]

If you make a stupid decision and cause 4000 workers to lose their jobs, I think something worse than getting criticized on twitter should happen to you

[Elliot Portakowski @portakowski]

@KTmBoyle you're a disgusting person

[The_Real_Fly @The_Real_Fly]

$XYZ's headcount will revert back to pre-COVID levels at 6,000 employees.

Here is Jack's stupidity in headcount over the years.

2019: 3,835
2020: 5,477
2021: 8,521
2022: 12,428
2023: 12,985
2024: 11,372
2025: 10-12,000

He's using AI as a excuse to mask his failure