Eric Bolton
@ericbolton.bsky.social
AI x News | Creator of aiportrait.wsj.com | Author of alignedforesight.substack.com
We used AI to analyze Trump's second inaugural speech against his past rhetoric. The results revealed surprising shifts in tone and messaging - and show promise for a new, less partisan way to study political rhetoric.
Is Trump Normal?
A point of view from the cutting edge of A.I.
alignedforesight.substack.com
February 8, 2025 at 10:12 PM
We used AI to analyze Trump's second inaugural speech against his past rhetoric. The results revealed surprising shifts in tone and messaging - and show promise for a new, less partisan way to study political rhetoric.
idk, revive local news?
What’s a Democratic Billionaire to Do Now?
The party’s donor class is still wrestling with Donald Trump’s victory, worried about retribution and sluggish liberal energy. Some rich Democrats are even pondering leaving the country.
www.nytimes.com
November 28, 2024 at 5:12 AM
idk, revive local news?
🗳️ Excited to launch Show Me The Ballot – a tool for voters to access their sample ballot in seconds and see how complex it is. Ready for Election Day? Try it out here: show-me-the-ballot.glitch.me
Show me the Ballot!
show-me-the-ballot.glitch.me
November 2, 2024 at 2:55 PM
🗳️ Excited to launch Show Me The Ballot – a tool for voters to access their sample ballot in seconds and see how complex it is. Ready for Election Day? Try it out here: show-me-the-ballot.glitch.me
Hey all! My latest post in Aligned Foresight analyzes recent political debates using fine-tuned language models to find those revealing moments when candidates break character. Take a look if you're interested in how AI can be used in new ways to understand political discourse:
Were the Debates Scripted?
Using language models to assess the predictability of Harris, Trump, Vance, and Walz.
alignedforesight.substack.com
October 26, 2024 at 3:41 PM
Hey all! My latest post in Aligned Foresight analyzes recent political debates using fine-tuned language models to find those revealing moments when candidates break character. Take a look if you're interested in how AI can be used in new ways to understand political discourse:
Working to get my mile under 5/millionths of a second
October 22, 2024 at 5:41 PM
Working to get my mile under 5/millionths of a second
Hey y’all! Excited to launch Aligned Foresight—my newsletter on forecasting, machine learning, and politics. If you're interested in exploring ways we can predict and improve the future of democracy, check out my first post!
Forecasting Democracy
Measuring today's politics, and predicting tomorrow's.
open.substack.com
October 18, 2024 at 9:04 PM
Hey y’all! Excited to launch Aligned Foresight—my newsletter on forecasting, machine learning, and politics. If you're interested in exploring ways we can predict and improve the future of democracy, check out my first post!
Reposted by Eric Bolton
"She put out," Trump said.
"I read that she was not Black, that she put out...and I'll say that."
It took me three times watching The Guardian's debate highlights to catch that Trump did say that.
"I read that she was not Black, that she put out...and I'll say that."
It took me three times watching The Guardian's debate highlights to catch that Trump did say that.
September 12, 2024 at 11:34 PM
"She put out," Trump said.
"I read that she was not Black, that she put out...and I'll say that."
It took me three times watching The Guardian's debate highlights to catch that Trump did say that.
"I read that she was not Black, that she put out...and I'll say that."
It took me three times watching The Guardian's debate highlights to catch that Trump did say that.
Not seeing RFK’s potential endorsement for what it could have been will go down as a big blunder in the part of the Harris-Walz campaign. What’s one cabinet seat?
They shrank their big tent to spite the Kennedy reject, but it’s hubris to think they won’t need all the help they can get to beat Trump
They shrank their big tent to spite the Kennedy reject, but it’s hubris to think they won’t need all the help they can get to beat Trump
August 22, 2024 at 9:37 AM
Not seeing RFK’s potential endorsement for what it could have been will go down as a big blunder in the part of the Harris-Walz campaign. What’s one cabinet seat?
They shrank their big tent to spite the Kennedy reject, but it’s hubris to think they won’t need all the help they can get to beat Trump
They shrank their big tent to spite the Kennedy reject, but it’s hubris to think they won’t need all the help they can get to beat Trump
Humans want one thing and one thing only and it’s to transcend their mortal coil
August 10, 2024 at 3:47 PM
Humans want one thing and one thing only and it’s to transcend their mortal coil
The dust is settling for battleground polling averages. PA has an early lead as most decisive state in most models.
However that could still change. Harris ought to wait until the turning point state ranking stabilizes if she wishes to make the most strategic VP choice.
www.cnn.com/2024/08/03/p...
However that could still change. Harris ought to wait until the turning point state ranking stabilizes if she wishes to make the most strategic VP choice.
www.cnn.com/2024/08/03/p...
Harris meeting with VP vetting team for presentations on finalists | CNN Politics
Vice President Kamala Harris is expected to meet with her vetting team today for a series of in-depth presentations on each of the finalists to be her running mate, according to a source familiar with...
www.cnn.com
August 4, 2024 at 7:16 PM
The dust is settling for battleground polling averages. PA has an early lead as most decisive state in most models.
However that could still change. Harris ought to wait until the turning point state ranking stabilizes if she wishes to make the most strategic VP choice.
www.cnn.com/2024/08/03/p...
However that could still change. Harris ought to wait until the turning point state ranking stabilizes if she wishes to make the most strategic VP choice.
www.cnn.com/2024/08/03/p...
People are always strangely surprised at the effect near-death experiences have on people
The Greatest Self-Parodist of All Time is lucky to have such a fantastic supporting cast of self-parodists so committed to his bit.
July 18, 2024 at 11:44 PM
People are always strangely surprised at the effect near-death experiences have on people
Dick Hamming writing about "scale is all you need"... in 1997.
(from the Art of Doing Science and Engineering)
Is a large enough number conscious?
(from the Art of Doing Science and Engineering)
Is a large enough number conscious?
July 18, 2024 at 4:50 PM
Dick Hamming writing about "scale is all you need"... in 1997.
(from the Art of Doing Science and Engineering)
Is a large enough number conscious?
(from the Art of Doing Science and Engineering)
Is a large enough number conscious?
Raised private gardens like these are destroying whatever was left of the fabric of the American city.
July 17, 2024 at 9:32 PM
Raised private gardens like these are destroying whatever was left of the fabric of the American city.
Today on Architecture-Bluesky:
* Guy bought a church as his home and converted the balcony into a library
* Another guy is doing archival research to landmark midcentury homes
* Sam Altman spent $27M on a shoddily built home that got flooded by his infinity pool
I love this app
* Guy bought a church as his home and converted the balcony into a library
* Another guy is doing archival research to landmark midcentury homes
* Sam Altman spent $27M on a shoddily built home that got flooded by his infinity pool
I love this app
July 17, 2024 at 6:53 PM
Today on Architecture-Bluesky:
* Guy bought a church as his home and converted the balcony into a library
* Another guy is doing archival research to landmark midcentury homes
* Sam Altman spent $27M on a shoddily built home that got flooded by his infinity pool
I love this app
* Guy bought a church as his home and converted the balcony into a library
* Another guy is doing archival research to landmark midcentury homes
* Sam Altman spent $27M on a shoddily built home that got flooded by his infinity pool
I love this app
Progress on "Frontier Beat," my prototype tracking trending Github repos mentioning "Arxiv":
Data pipelines laid, arXiv and GitHub linked, and star counts ticking in Postgres. All orchestrated via Airflow. A small step towards hopefully making cutting-edge NLP research more accessible! 🚀
Data pipelines laid, arXiv and GitHub linked, and star counts ticking in Postgres. All orchestrated via Airflow. A small step towards hopefully making cutting-edge NLP research more accessible! 🚀
July 16, 2024 at 11:20 PM
Progress on "Frontier Beat," my prototype tracking trending Github repos mentioning "Arxiv":
Data pipelines laid, arXiv and GitHub linked, and star counts ticking in Postgres. All orchestrated via Airflow. A small step towards hopefully making cutting-edge NLP research more accessible! 🚀
Data pipelines laid, arXiv and GitHub linked, and star counts ticking in Postgres. All orchestrated via Airflow. A small step towards hopefully making cutting-edge NLP research more accessible! 🚀
Would you lock yourself in a Skinner box if it actualized your best self?
July 11, 2024 at 2:43 PM
Would you lock yourself in a Skinner box if it actualized your best self?