Is @wbur.org (very subtly) trolling the Trump administration ?
Colleges and universities are going way too soft on policing AI, Tyler Austin Harper argues. “Institutions of higher learning can abandon their centuries-long educational project,” he writes. “Or they can fight.”
Dev Econ people: I was trying to access the DHS data, and got the message below. Can anyone help and/or have ideas for access? Any suggestions much appreciated!
As a 4th of July special, here's another piece with @rfisman.bsky.social, on how some of the institutional features we used to think as protective of American democracy are now accelerating its decline. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Just published in @jpube.bsky.social:
"The undoing of economic sanctions: Evidence from the Russia–Ukraine conflict"
By @rfisman.bsky.social, Giovanna Marcolongo, & Meng Wu
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
#econsky #publiceconomics
For no obvious reason one of Kei Hirano's classic economics haikus just popped into my head. Apropo of nothing:
T-stat looks too good.
Use robust standard errors--
significance gone.
I'm sure it could be updated to reflect modern methods.
My 15 year old is proofreading my latest book manuscript. After the first paragraph he asked, “do people really consider you to be a good writer?”
It’s only gone downhill from there.
During a recent seminar visit, a number of people asked about use of AI in the refereeing process. Every AEA journal includes the following in the email you get after agreeing to do a review. If you have any doubts about what constitutes appropriate use, please ask!
I should say that his was a non-partisan statement about the practice of politics in general. And certainly not specific to the U.S.
Filipe Campante
Ray Fisman
Ray Fisman
The Atlantic
I have a friend who had a successful career as a politician. When he retired from politics, I asked him what he was happiest to get away from. Without a moment's pause he answered, "The constant lying."
www.pbs.org/newshour/pol...
Too many school leaders have been reluctant to impose harsh penalties for unauthorized chatbot use.
