Michael Lai 赖天宸
@Mtclai
AI for government @AnthropicAI | elected SF DCCC | community first | before: reimagining early education at Tinycare @MinervaUni @Harvard
Update: I joined @AnthropicAI to lead AI for State & Local Government! aka making government better with Claude :) Last year I met 20K+ voters running for office in SF. One of those was @DanielaAmodei, President & co-founder of Anthropic 🧵
Go @Mtclai!! From running for SF city gov to helping governments do more with AI
Update: I joined @AnthropicAI to lead AI for State & Local Government! aka making government better with Claude :) Last year I met 20K+ voters running for office in SF. One of those was @DanielaAmodei, President & co-founder of Anthropic 🧵
Congrats on the launch @apartovi and thanks for leading on tech for democracy! 🙏🏻
Sway: a plan to reimagine democracy I’m starting the most ambitious project of my life: a tech platform to reimagine democracy. I know you've probably got opinions on this. Please give feedback and maybe join us. (🧵 A thread...)
The world would be a better place if we had more @Mtclai ‘s who use their time/talent for the benefit of all. What a good egg 🥚 Thank you for everything you do for the community 🙇♀️
Update: I joined @AnthropicAI to lead AI for State & Local Government! aka making government better with Claude :) Last year I met 20K+ voters running for office in SF. One of those was @DanielaAmodei, President & co-founder of Anthropic 🧵
Congrats @Mtclai! SF is so lucky to have you
Update: I joined @AnthropicAI to lead AI for State & Local Government! aka making government better with Claude :) Last year I met 20K+ voters running for office in SF. One of those was @DanielaAmodei, President & co-founder of Anthropic 🧵
Adding this incredible chart from @DKThomp to the mix. There has been an enormous decline in in-person socialization that has corresponded with massive declines in mental wellbeing and dramatic increases in selfishness and political radicalism over the past decade.
We’ve seen: 1) a dramatic short term increase in diagnosed mental illness and N-linked psychometric items first among teenagers and then among young adults 2) highly cohort specific bipartisan support for cold blooded murder mediated by (1) 3) A sudden and dramatic shift in…
Starstruck today meeting AI godfather @Yoshua_Bengio today in Montréal and discussing his @TIME op-ed below and AI policy. Thanks for your time and contributions to humanity Professor!
Two years ago, I've reoriented my research to try to make AI safe by design. In this @TIME op-ed, I present my team's direction called "Scientist AI"; a practical, effective and more secure alternative to the current uncontrolled agency-driven trajectory. time.com/7283507/safer-…
Huge news: over the objections of the chair, #SB79, Scott Wiener's impactful new housing bill to upzone around public transit stations, has PASSED it's first committee hearing! Major win for housing advocates today!
Erik is the single biggest cheerleader / force multiplier for everyone he knows. He somehow does this at scale (group chats, podcasts, etc) and range (standup comedy, freestyle rap, spirituality). Can’t begin to describe the positive impact he’s had on me — as an investor &…
I’m excited to share that: 1. I’m joining Andreessen Horowitz as a general partner. 2. a16z has acquired Turpentine. Everything I’ve worked on over my career has been around investing and building products/networks/media for founders — a16z is the perfect place for me…
the net worth of these three people dropped by $6B this past week
the net worth of these three people grew by $10B in this past week
PERSONAL NEWS TIME!! I'm joining AoPS to bring kids to the frontiers of science and technology. AoPS is an advanced math curriculum company that serves the most ambitious and motivated students in the world. I am the new Chief Product Officer.