ECONOMY

AI trends relative to AI predictions

In 2021, researchers were asked how smart AI would be in 2022. They predicted 12% pass-rate on the MATH dataset;…

2 years ago

Friday assorted links

1. WSJ profile of David Autor. 2. By Dean Ball, a simple public choice theory of what will go wrong…

2 years ago

Analyzing my text messages with my ex-boyfriend

With sentiment analysis over time, messages containing the word “sorry, and more.  Trends!  There is also a graph on how…

2 years ago

*The Wrong Stuff: How the Soviet Space Program Crashed and Burned*

By John Strausbaugh, an excellent book.  Here is one good passage of many: Putting dogs on top of rockets was…

2 years ago

A virtual rodent predicts the structure of neural activity across behaviors

Animals have exquisite control of their bodies, allowing them to perform a diverse range of behaviors. How such control is…

2 years ago

Sunday assorted links

1. David Friedman reminiscences about his earlier colleagues. 2. John Arnold, on the debt. 3. South Africa vs. Nigeria. 4.…

2 years ago

Thursday assorted links

1. Good thread on AI and national security. 2. NYT on South African jazz.  Here is one cut. 3. Scott…

2 years ago

Is broadband good for you?

Kathryn R. Johnson and Claudia Persico have a new NBER working paper on exactly that topic: Between 2000 and 2008,…

2 years ago

What to think of Luka?

I am receiving inquiries as to whether I have upgraded my view of Luka, as his last series against Minnesota…

2 years ago

Those circularity-inducing service sector jobs

Yes, in Tokyo women pay men in make-up to flatter them.  But what does the whole market look like? Yamada…

2 years ago