Timothy B. Lee
Reporting on AI and the future of the economy. Computer science masters degree from Princeton.
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- Groceries stores are famous for their fat profit margins.
- Reposted by Timothy B. LeeGreat article on Waymo safety by @binarybits.bsky.social, who has IMO the best reporting on self-driving cars out there
- Reposted by Timothy B. LeeInteresting look at the emergency safety regulations that may hamper rollout of the promised Dallas to Houston automated trucking trial from @binarybits.bsky.social.
- My brother is hiring!
- Reposted by Timothy B. Lee@binarybits.bsky.social is doubtful that scaling up so-called reasoning AI models will "achieve human-level intelligence" given this "probably has more than two dimensions, and mastering all of them will probably require a few more conceptual breakthroughs." open.substack.com/pub/understa...
- Reposted by Timothy B. Lee19 professionals (in a variety of fields) evaluated OpenAI's Deep Research vs Google's Deep Research. OpenAI was the clear winner 🏆 Neat study by @binarybits.bsky.social, read more here: www.understandingai.org/p/these-expe...
- Reposted by Timothy B. LeeI was a guest on the AI Summer podcast the other day. I go into some detail about how the Shortwave AI agent works today, how we got here, and what's next. Check it out: www.aisummer.org/p/andrew-lee... Thanks @binarybits.bsky.social and Dean Ball for hosting me!
- Reposted by Timothy B. LeeThe Understanding AI newsletter from @binarybits.bsky.social really helps you to, well, understand AI. You should read it. www.understandingai.org/p/these-expe...
- Reposted by Timothy B. LeeThis is what Elon does: he takes something someone else is already doing, does it more sloppily/dangerously, and slaps his own brand on it so everyone forgets anything else exists (if they ever knew). You can't cede his rebranding without a fight, or you're toast. Explain that GAO already does this!
- Reposted by Timothy B. LeeWant to keep up with the latest developments in AI? Check out the 7 newsletters I personally read & recommend for AI news, insights, and analysis: 👉 www.dataschool.io/best-ai-news... 👈 Includes: @simonwillison.net @emollick.bsky.social @sebastianraschka.com @binarybits.bsky.social
- Reposted by Timothy B. LeeInteresting theory and excellent DeepSeek explainer by @binarybits.bsky.social www.understandingai.org/p/i-dont-bel...
- Excited to launch a new podcast with @deanwb.bsky.social about AI. It's called AI summer, and can be found on all major podcast apps. The first episode is an interview with political scientist @jonaskonas.bsky.social about AI policy in the Trump era. www.aisummer.org/p/jon-askona...
- Reposted by Timothy B. LeeIf TiKTok wasn’t a benefit for Chinese intel, they would sell. They could make a killing. But it’s not about the money
- Nobody knew the federal budget could be so complicated.
- Elon Musk backing off his goal of cutting $2 trillion matters because: - Trump’s operation is already abandoning key campaign promises - misguided DOGE hype is unraveling - Republicans who insisted it was possible to cut $2 trillion suddenly look even worse www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...
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- Reposted by Timothy B. LeeHere are some interesting opportunities to collaborate with the excellent @binarybits.bsky.social on his newsletter, Understanding AI, if you or someone you know are interested in serious AI journalism. If not, I still recommend his newsletter. www.understandingai.org/p/two-opport...
- I’m not sure what industry “four trending stories daily” is the standard for, but it’s definitely not journalism.
- New: A writer at the Root died a few days ago. Today, the publication emailed staff telling writers they would have to increase the number of stories they publish a day in part to "help us offset the tragic loss of Stephanie." www.semafor.com/article/01/0...
- Reposted by Timothy B. LeeDonating to the Wikimedia Foundation is great. Becoming a volunteer editor is even better. youtu.be/bRRHR1NEOqE
- She’s mangling history here. Truman was actually Secretary of State (he would later become vice president and then president upon the assassination of James Garfield in 1881). The idea was so unpopular (it was called “Truman’s folly”) that president Monroe had to drop the idea.
- Tfw the book is so tedious you bump it up to 2.5x.
- Elections have consequences.
- Reposted by Timothy B. LeeJust retired & looking back writing code is the least of it. Good abstractions/design, mentoring, writing *useful* docs, debugging large distributed multi-threaded code in different containers/platforms, negotiating with both tech and non-tech teams, customers, researching new things took most time.
- I have updated my disclosure statement. timothyblee.com/disclosure-s...
- This is a funny joke but it also reflects biased media coverage. Conventional cars catch on fire all the time. They just don’t get covered because it’s not considered news. When i was at ars I passed on most Tesla battery fire stories for this reason.
- Reposted by Timothy B. LeeOfficial data released today shows US data center construction hitting a new all-time high of $31.5B annualized, up 43% from this time last year and 128% since the release of ChatGPT two years ago
- This Texas bill sounds worse than SB 1047. Kind of incredible that it was introduced by a Republican. www.hyperdimensional.co/p/texas-plow...
