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The Chicago mayor's race, Andy Byford, and some AI chat

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Mar 31, 2023
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This was not really something I gamed out when I was thinking about doing this U Chicago fellowship, but it’s been cool to be here at a moment when the city is having the biggest election in the country. The downside is this is the kind of city where it snows in late March and nobody is even surprised.

Meanwhile, yet another bill in the California state…

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