Tom Lee

@tjl
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Policy @ Mapbox. Fmr director, Sunlight Labs.
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Tom LeeMar 25, 2024
@mvexel I had some really great meals at the White Horse in SLC, though it’s been a while (no kids allowed and I’m usually in town for family reasons). Anyway, recommended!
Tom LeeNov 25, 2023
Kathleen LuNov 25, 2023

As Chair of the @openstreetmap Foundation's Legal/License Working Group, I posted about why EU governments should release data under @creativecommons's CC0 in furtherance of the EU Open Data Directive.

https://blog.openstreetmap.org/2023/11/25/the-cc-0-advantage-how-the-eu-open-data-directive-can-benefit-from-simplified-licensing-for-geodata/

Thanks to @tjl and the rest of the LWG for 🖊️

The CC-0 Advantage: How the EU Open Data Directive Can Benefit from Simplified Licensing for Geodata | OpenStreetMap Blog

Show threadTom LeeSep 4, 2023

@IMGoph @robpegoraro @donw @fedward @tbridge eh I think the case for deleting is to safeguard against the possibility that you receive an unexpected MacArthur grant but quickly have your old intemperate tweets discovered and are engulfed in scandal. I don’t bother doing this but probably should

Otoh I am not bothered by being part of an AI training dataset so caveat lector

Tom LeeMay 25, 2023
exciting to see some of the upstart intergovernmental forums staking out strong brands. it’s important to make multilateralism fun for a new generation
Tom LeeMay 24, 2023
I am still in awe of geohot and pretty excited to see him working on a problem that’s squarely in his strengths and this time seems unlikely kill anyone (directly) https://geohot.github.io//blog/jekyll/update/2023/05/24/the-tiny-corp-raised-5M.html
the tiny corp raised $5.1M

Here we go again. I started another company. The money is in the bank.

the singularity is nearer
Tom LeeMay 22, 2023
whatever OSX update is responsible for the warnings that now pop up whenever I leave my computer, telling me that it can no longer access my phone's microphone(!)--it's unsettling, I could do without it
Tom LeeMay 22, 2023
gonna be testifying about fake tags tomorrow before DC's Committee on Transportation & the Environment, likely sometime around 1:30 -- GET PSYCHED https://dccouncil.gov/event/transportation-the-environment-public-roundtable-27/
Transportation & the Environment Public Roundtable • Council of the District of Columbia

The Committee on Transportation & the Environment will hold a public Roundtable on the following Matter: “Traffic Enforcement in the District” Watch Live: – On the Council site, at https://bit.ly/2ooL0l1 – On the OCTFME site, at https://bit.ly/2JNZIro – On TV, Channel 13 or 18 “]

Council of the District of Columbia
Show threadTom LeeMay 22, 2023
@harrisj I am pretty sure that in-universe there are facebook groups full of parents arguing that you’ve gotta use kolto if you’re serious about your child’s safety
Tom LeeMay 8, 2023
Francis IrvingMay 7, 2023

I dug into the exact definition of "high quality" for the training data of GPT-3 and Stable Diffusion. It's very basic, and ultimately driven by scale.

https://www.flourish.org/2023/05/what-is-high-quality-about-the-data-that-trained-generative-ai/

What is high-quality about the data that trained generative AI? : Francis Irving

Tom LeeMay 8, 2023
Scott McNultyMay 7, 2023
Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir is a really good book! And $3, you can’t go wrong (the rest of the books in the series have very good endings at least). https://smile.amazon.com/dp/B07J6HWLPR/?tag=scottmcnulty-20