Dan Becker
danbecker.bsky.social
Dan Becker
@danbecker.bsky.social
AI engineer

Formerly: Google. VP AI Development @ DataRobot. Founder of Decision AI. Economist @ FTC

Currently: Using LLMs to predict future events
Cursor chat lets you include screenshots. I have given it screenshots and says "update the CSS to make this look better"

In theory we should think critically about our code. But if you are going to skip that step, ui code is easier than most code to judge by locking at the results
January 3, 2025 at 12:42 PM
What are they trying to accomplish with fake job posts?
December 14, 2024 at 1:04 PM
What do you know about people's motives when creating these bots

Beyond normalizing cruelty or causing reactive hardening, why do they want those things?

Is it foreign actors weakening a country's cohesion for political reasons?
Competitor hurting platform to steal market share?
Something else?
December 8, 2024 at 1:03 PM
Well, as long as no one ever writes a popular movie script where AI starts a Global Thermonuclear War, we should be just fine
December 7, 2024 at 9:27 PM
I would expect stocks to be hard because the current price reflects the views/analysis of so many professional full-time analysts and investors.
December 7, 2024 at 12:47 PM
I should do more to lobby them to prioritize it, though they know that the AI features don't work with notebooks. Here's the error message if you hit apply
November 22, 2024 at 10:33 PM
Nothing says government efficiency quite like hiring two executives into one job
November 22, 2024 at 1:06 PM
I frequently do that in general (including with Python scripts & React apps). But the problems with notebook support are deeper:

- Apply button doesn't work
- Chat can't see cell output
- Code responses combine code from all cells, so you can't even copy/paste suggested code easily
- etc
November 22, 2024 at 12:59 PM
Do you have any examples of what you are doing to skate to where the puck is going, given that explanation about what you think will change?
November 21, 2024 at 10:34 PM
Most people want to skate where the puck is going. Being correct about where it's going is the hard part :)

Otherwise you skated to nowhere in particular

"Be in strategic spaces" is right too

Knowing what's a good strategy is the hard part. What do you think is a smart strategic move right now?
November 21, 2024 at 10:16 PM
Where do you think the puck is going?

What's your prediction for how AI changes in the next 12 months (or whatever timeline you like)?
November 21, 2024 at 6:15 PM