John Records
@johnrecords.bsky.social
AI x Nonprofits
• 21 years as Executive Director of a Bay Area nonprofit.
• Empowering nonprofits with AI tools that feel like superpowers to save time, stretch budgets, amplify impact.
• Let's connect!
• 21 years as Executive Director of a Bay Area nonprofit.
• Empowering nonprofits with AI tools that feel like superpowers to save time, stretch budgets, amplify impact.
• Let's connect!
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New: The largest medical A.I. randomized controlled trial yet performed, enrolling >100,000 women undergoing mammography screening
The use of AI led to 29% higher detection of cancer, no increase of false positives, and reduced workload compared with radiologists w/o AI thelancet.com/journals/lan...
The use of AI led to 29% higher detection of cancer, no increase of false positives, and reduced workload compared with radiologists w/o AI thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Screening performance and characteristics of breast cancer detected in the Mammography Screening with Artificial Intelligence trial (MASAI): a randomised, controlled, parallel-group, non-inferiority, ...
The findings suggest that AI contributes to the early detection of clinically relevant
breast cancer and reduces screen-reading workload without increasing false positives.
thelancet.com
February 4, 2025 at 3:00 AM
New: The largest medical A.I. randomized controlled trial yet performed, enrolling >100,000 women undergoing mammography screening
The use of AI led to 29% higher detection of cancer, no increase of false positives, and reduced workload compared with radiologists w/o AI thelancet.com/journals/lan...
The use of AI led to 29% higher detection of cancer, no increase of false positives, and reduced workload compared with radiologists w/o AI thelancet.com/journals/lan...
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wrote about Deep Research, which is very, very good at doing nuanced and complex research.
It is also the first narrow agent that can do sophisticated and likely quite economically valuable work, which tells us something important about the future. open.substack.com/pub/oneusefu...
It is also the first narrow agent that can do sophisticated and likely quite economically valuable work, which tells us something important about the future. open.substack.com/pub/oneusefu...
The End of Search, The Beginning of Research
The first narrow agents are here
open.substack.com
February 3, 2025 at 3:54 PM
wrote about Deep Research, which is very, very good at doing nuanced and complex research.
It is also the first narrow agent that can do sophisticated and likely quite economically valuable work, which tells us something important about the future. open.substack.com/pub/oneusefu...
It is also the first narrow agent that can do sophisticated and likely quite economically valuable work, which tells us something important about the future. open.substack.com/pub/oneusefu...
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This weekend I wrote a post on which AI to use right now (at least for general, individual users). Model strength may matter less to most users than the capabilities of the apps and the other features that each model includes. It is a little complicated.
www.oneusefulthing.org/p/which-ai-t...
www.oneusefulthing.org/p/which-ai-t...
January 27, 2025 at 1:45 PM
This weekend I wrote a post on which AI to use right now (at least for general, individual users). Model strength may matter less to most users than the capabilities of the apps and the other features that each model includes. It is a little complicated.
www.oneusefulthing.org/p/which-ai-t...
www.oneusefulthing.org/p/which-ai-t...
One of Obama’s favorite books: The MANIAC by Benjamin Labatut. $1.99 today on Kindle. Historical novel involving John von Neumann “Cavemen created the gods,” he said. “I see no reason why we shouldn’t do the same.” a.co/d/0IqPB4d #AI
Amazon.com
a.co
January 3, 2025 at 7:18 PM
One of Obama’s favorite books: The MANIAC by Benjamin Labatut. $1.99 today on Kindle. Historical novel involving John von Neumann “Cavemen created the gods,” he said. “I see no reason why we shouldn’t do the same.” a.co/d/0IqPB4d #AI
@kevinroose.com @caseynewton.bsky.social @emollick.bsky.social Might you get together on Hard Fork and discuss Ethan's views on co-intelligence and our relationship with AI? I highly recommend his book if you haven't read it yet. a.co/d/c6WLkqv
Co-Intelligence: Living and Working with AI
Co-Intelligence: Living and Working with AI [Mollick, Ethan] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Co-Intelligence: Living and Working with AI
a.co
December 26, 2024 at 6:31 AM
@kevinroose.com @caseynewton.bsky.social @emollick.bsky.social Might you get together on Hard Fork and discuss Ethan's views on co-intelligence and our relationship with AI? I highly recommend his book if you haven't read it yet. a.co/d/c6WLkqv
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During the year’s busiest season of charitable giving, donors may wonder whether the nonprofits they are considering donating to are going to be good stewards of their money.
We’ve added new tools to Nonprofit Explorer to help you look into that.
We’ve added new tools to Nonprofit Explorer to help you look into that.
Nonprofit Explorer Adds Powerful Tools to Help You Research Organizations’ Financials
ProPublica has added the ability to find nonprofit organizations that auditors have flagged as having serious financial or control deficiencies. We also added the ability to search for organizations…
propub.li
December 25, 2024 at 5:08 PM
During the year’s busiest season of charitable giving, donors may wonder whether the nonprofits they are considering donating to are going to be good stewards of their money.
We’ve added new tools to Nonprofit Explorer to help you look into that.
We’ve added new tools to Nonprofit Explorer to help you look into that.
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If you have ever tried to read free books from sites like Project Gutenberg, you noticed that they can be uncomfortable to read, due to their layouts, type & occasional errors
This project takes those free books and makes them beautiful (and still free). standardebooks.org
This project takes those free books and makes them beautiful (and still free). standardebooks.org
December 25, 2024 at 1:45 PM
If you have ever tried to read free books from sites like Project Gutenberg, you noticed that they can be uncomfortable to read, due to their layouts, type & occasional errors
This project takes those free books and makes them beautiful (and still free). standardebooks.org
This project takes those free books and makes them beautiful (and still free). standardebooks.org