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Eric Gastfriend

@egastfriend

Social Entrepreneur. Co-Founder of Americans for Responsible Innovation, a nonprofit dedicated to AI policy advocacy in the public interest.

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calendar_today20-09-2009 05:25:43

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Gregory C. Allen (@gregory_c_allen) 's Twitter Profile Photo

JOB ALERT! We're looking for a superstar to join my team at CSIS as Deputy Director & Senior Fellow. If you know awesome people in AI Policy, please spread the word! careers.csis.org/opportunities/…

Yusuf Mahmood (@yusufsmahmood) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Excited to share RAND’s energy-focused response to WHOSTP47’s AI Action Plan RFI! The US is on track to lose AI infrastructure dominance by 2030 unless we massively unlock energy capacity. There are mechanisms this administration can consider to close this gap. A 🧵… 1/11

Excited to share RAND’s energy-focused response to <a href="/WHOSTP47/">WHOSTP47</a>’s AI Action Plan RFI!

The US is on track to lose AI infrastructure dominance by 2030 unless we massively unlock energy capacity. 

There are mechanisms this administration can consider to close this gap. A 🧵…

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It's amazing how a simple chart of real data can really be worth much more than thousands of words in a news story. The mainstream media often makes the mistake of completely ignoring denominators / base rates. Without a skeptical eye, reading the news can actually make you less

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This is pretty mind-blowing -- GPT-4.5 is deemed more human than humans!! It's great that Cameron Jones & co. ran a proper Turing test according to Turing's original design, so that we now have a definitive answer that machines pass.

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. Stanford HAI reports today that Chinese AI models are catching up to US in capabilities. Our best pathway to staying ahead is allowing the free flow of capital and high-skilled talent to the US -- which means lowering trade & immigration barriers. hai.stanford.edu/ai-index/2025-…

. <a href="/StanfordHAI/">Stanford HAI</a> reports today that Chinese AI models are catching up to US in capabilities. 

Our best pathway to staying ahead is allowing the free flow of capital and high-skilled talent to the US -- which means lowering trade &amp; immigration barriers.

hai.stanford.edu/ai-index/2025-…
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I think the general public is right to be worried about AI -- but the experts are right that AI will enhance productivity. pewresearch.org/internet/2025/…

I think the general public is right to be worried about AI -- but the experts are right that AI will enhance productivity. 

pewresearch.org/internet/2025/…
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US adults are almost 3x as likely to say that they're worried the US government won't go far enough in regulating AI than that it'll go too far. This includes 55% of Republicans. And the experts agree. pewresearch.org/internet/2025/…

US adults are almost 3x as likely to say that they're worried the US government won't go far enough in regulating AI than that it'll go too far. 

This includes 55% of Republicans. And the experts agree.

pewresearch.org/internet/2025/…
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No need to worry -- AI will be developed responsibly and will be well-regulated, say AI experts (who work in industry) pewresearch.org/internet/2025/…

No need to worry -- AI will be developed responsibly and will be well-regulated, say AI experts (who work in industry) 
pewresearch.org/internet/2025/…
Brad Carson (@bradrcarson) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Ds and Rs should agree on this one. BIS is absolutely critical to national security. If David Sacks can protect and promote it, that alone would be a major contribution to our country.

Eric Gastfriend (@egastfriend) 's Twitter Profile Photo

We're hiring at Americans for Responsible Innovation ! - GOP Dir. of Govt. Affairs - Policy Analyst (AI-focused, 2+ yrs exp.) And we have a sweet referral bonus program -- $1,500 - $3,000 if we hire your referred candidate!! More info here: ari.us/careers/

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This is a great take from Sabine Hossenfelder -- LLM's appear to have stalled out on progress (sorry, scaling hypothesis), but future breakthroughs for training agentic systems still offer a path forward towards AGI. youtube.com/watch?v=F4s_O6…

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This The Wall Street Journal story backs up David Robusto 's argument that AI will create new jobs, and then will take over those jobs as capabilities advance. wsj.com/articles/the-h… For the full version of the argument, see his workforce report: ari.us/research/

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Book recs wanted: What are the best books explaining the history of how successful advocacy organizations were built? Can be from any part of the political spectrum, e.g. AIPAC, Greenpeace, NRA, etc. I'm just curious to understand what made these orgs successful in their mission