Matt Hodges

@MattHodges
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Working to elect Democrats | Executive Director of Zinc Labs | Was Joe Biden's Director of Engineering | Built a lot of tech for Hillary Clinton | Rumored to have done a bunch of other computer things | My bot @everyDotGov | Austin, TX
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Matt HodgesApr 10
"What about hallucinations?" is the common objection about AI in political work. It's fair. But it carries an implied bar that will never be met. I wrote about how we can build fault-tolerant AI systems: https://matthodges.com/posts/2026-04-10-ai-politics-fault-tolerance/
Surviving Hallucinations: AI Fault Tolerance for Campaigns

Building AI workflows that campaigns can trust under pressure

Matt Hodges
Matt HodgesMar 20
Matt HodgesMar 20

We are finally getting good at being online just as the internet changes underneath us. The next fight isn't over what trends. It's over what gets retrieved, summarized, and surfaced in generative answers. Democrats need to start building for the AI answer layer.

https://matthodges.com/posts/2026-03-20-democrats-answer-layer/

The Feed Framed the Last Election and AI Answers Will Frame the Next

Democrats need to start building for the AI answer layer.

Matt Hodges
Matt HodgesMar 20

We are finally getting good at being online just as the internet changes underneath us. The next fight isn't over what trends. It's over what gets retrieved, summarized, and surfaced in generative answers. Democrats need to start building for the AI answer layer.

https://matthodges.com/posts/2026-03-20-democrats-answer-layer/

The Feed Framed the Last Election and AI Answers Will Frame the Next

Democrats need to start building for the AI answer layer.

Matt Hodges