Jon Becker

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  Jon Becker jonbecker.bsky.social · May 14
  I would like to help people understand that there are instances when the power of AI (machine learning) can be helpful. If my doctor can use it to help them see patterns in data that humans might not otherwise see, I think that's a good thing.
  

  Opinion | AI Helped Heal My Chronic Pain

  My lab tests came up normal, and nothing I tried worked. Then Claude came along.

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  Jon Becker jonbecker.bsky.social · May 13
  Signal boosting because this confirms my strong bias in favor of universal pre-K.
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    Monique Morrissey moniquemorrissey.bsky.social · May 13
    Universal Pre-K led to a 1.2% rise in labor force participation, a 1.5% increase in employment, and a 1.6% growth in hours worked according to important new research by @kirabojackson.bsky.social, @julia-turner.bsky.social & @jacobbastian.bsky.social. www.nber.org/papers/w33767
    

    Universal Pre-K as Economic Stimulus: Evidence from Nine States and Large Cities in the U.S.

    Founded in 1920, the NBER is a private, non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to conducting economic research and to disseminating research findings among academics, public policy makers, an...

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  Jon Becker jonbecker.bsky.social · May 11
  ...and Obama was given the go-ahead by the Attorney General who was formerly a lobbyist for Qatar.
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    Tim Onion bencollins.bsky.social · May 11
    It's 2015. President Barack Obama has accepted a "sky palace" jumbo jet from the Qatari government, which he'll own after he leaves office. "Everybody relax," he says in an interview with the New York Times. Everyone does. The networks then televise the military parade in his honor on his birthday.
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