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Chris Blattman
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Economist & political scientist @UChicago @HarrisPolicy studying conflict & organized crime. My book is Why We Fight: penguinrandomhouse.com/books/636263
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We're launching a new version of Claude Blattman shortly. We're looking for people with a little time on their hands this weekend who want to make either their first steps into agentic AI or who have been playing around with agentic AI but feel like they're not getting great results or not taking full advantage.
The idea would be for you to try to adopt the skills, tools, and checklists we advise, and help us find the bugs by early next week.
Reply here or DM if interested, and we'll reach out to as many as we can
The idea would be for you to try to adopt the skills, tools, and checklists we advise, and help us find the bugs by early next week.
Reply here or DM if interested, and we'll reach out to as many as we can
For those hiring predocs and other quantitative research assistants, how are you doing advanced tests and interviews in the age of AI?
We used to do a mix of coding and statistical tests, followed by interviews, and are trying to evolve.
If you want to DM me or email me directly, I'll share collected wisdom with everyone who contacts me with their ideas or best practices.
We used to do a mix of coding and statistical tests, followed by interviews, and are trying to evolve.
If you want to DM me or email me directly, I'll share collected wisdom with everyone who contacts me with their ideas or best practices.
Now let's run the same experiment with managers and super capable employees. :)
This is one of the most important pieces of social science on human and AI interaction that I’ve seen in some time. Experts follow agentic advice the vast majority of the time (causally), but only a tiny fraction credit the agent—majority think they came to decision on their own volition.View quoted post on X
Reminds me of the classic Nisbett and Wilson study on people following outside influence without realizing it
“ But as more work is handed to AI—including AI safety research—these judgment calls are the main levers for people's own values to influence outcomes.
If people defer to AI without noticing, then "human in the loop" might provide less assurance than people expect.”
Unless…
Starlink Mini offers fast, reliable internet on the go—great for traveling, camping, exploring, boating, RVing, and more.View quoted post on X
