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One striking thing from this (excellent) report on a DOGE employee's use of AI is that everything about it is antithetical to sound software engineering practices—an engineer hurriedly deploying an unfamiliar tool to meet an impossible deadline for a problem domain in which he has no expertise.
1/ Really recommend reading this from @propublica.org, one of the more detailed looks at how DOGE has attempted to use AI to go after government contracts. And below, I recommend further reading.
New: A DOGE staffer developed an AI tool to review Veterans Affairs contracts.
But there was a slight hitch.
It hallucinated the size of those deals.
For example, it concluded that more than a thousand contracts were each worth $34M, when in fact some were for as little as $35,000.
But there was a slight hitch.
It hallucinated the size of those deals.
For example, it concluded that more than a thousand contracts were each worth $34M, when in fact some were for as little as $35,000.
June 6, 2025 at 4:36 PM
One striking thing from this (excellent) report on a DOGE employee's use of AI is that everything about it is antithetical to sound software engineering practices—an engineer hurriedly deploying an unfamiliar tool to meet an impossible deadline for a problem domain in which he has no expertise.
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Don’t be fooled, distracted, or grow weary from the unprecedented chaos: Trump Republicans are coming for Medicare & will reduce access to health care for millions.
June 5, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Don’t be fooled, distracted, or grow weary from the unprecedented chaos: Trump Republicans are coming for Medicare & will reduce access to health care for millions.
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Republicans are on the verge of passing a budget bill that would amount to one of the greatest transfers of wealth from the working poor to the super rich.
And two billionaire oligarchs are fighting about it because the bill doesn't cut vital social programs enough.
Hello?
And two billionaire oligarchs are fighting about it because the bill doesn't cut vital social programs enough.
Hello?
June 6, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Republicans are on the verge of passing a budget bill that would amount to one of the greatest transfers of wealth from the working poor to the super rich.
And two billionaire oligarchs are fighting about it because the bill doesn't cut vital social programs enough.
Hello?
And two billionaire oligarchs are fighting about it because the bill doesn't cut vital social programs enough.
Hello?