Substacks recommended by Timothy B. Lee

Recommended by Timothy B. Lee

Hyperdimensional

By Dean W. Ball

A newsletter about emerging technology and the future of governance.

Deep insights on AI and related topics.

- Timothy B. Lee

AI: A Guide for Thinking Humans

By Melanie Mitchell

I write about interesting new developments in AI.

Silver Bulletin

By Nate Silver

Essays and analysis about elections, media, sports, poker, and all the other things I care about.

Legendary data journalist Nate Silver covers politics, the future of media, and more.

- Timothy B. Lee

Full Stack Economics

By Timothy B. Lee

A newsletter about technology, economics, and policy.

My other newsletter, where I provide in-depth coverage of the economy.

- Timothy B. Lee

AI Snake Oil

By Sayash and Arvind

What Artificial Intelligence Can Do, What It Can’t, and How to Tell the Difference

Deeply informed insights about the risks and benefits of AI by a pair of Princeton computer scientists.

- Timothy B. Lee

The Counterfactual

By Sean Trott

Cognitive Science, statistics, AI.

Sean and I co-authored a popular explainer on how LLMs work. He offers insightful commentary at the boundary of cognitive science and AI.

- Timothy B. Lee

Apricitas Economics

By Joseph Politano

Data-driven Insights on Economics, Business, Finance, and Public Policy.

If you want a deep, data-driven understanding of the economy, you need to be reading this newsletter.

- Timothy B. Lee

Slow Boring

By Matthew Yglesias

Start your day with pragmatic takes on politics and public policy.

Matt has been my favorite blogger for nearly 20 years now and his work has shaped my thinking on a number of policy issues. His newsletter, Slow Boring, has a high signal-to-noise ratio.

- Timothy B. Lee

Noahpinion

By Noah Smith

Economics and other interesting stuff

Noah provides deeply insightful economic commentary on a wide range of topics, from renewable energy to the rise of Chian.

- Timothy B. Lee

Understanding AI

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