🚨 [AI RESEARCH] "AI models collapse when trained on recursively generated data" by Ilia Shumailov🦔, Zakhar Shumaylov, Aaron Zhao, Nicolas Papernot, Yarin & Ross Anderson is a MUST-READ for everyone in AI. Quotes & comments: "The development of LLMs is very involved and requires

This is the worst graph I have seen in weeks I find it hard to find any laws of data visualization this does not violate My head is spinning

Manuel Neuer mit der mit Abstand besten Einzelleistung eines Torwarts in der Geschichte des Fußballs und es ist nicht mal close

🚨New working paper alert!🚨 Does 'canceling' an artist on social media affect their music consumption? Daniel Winkler, roamer_09, and I explore this in our new paper. Spoiler: The answer is more complicated than you think.

Zur Einordnung: 🇩🇪 hat in den gut 2 Jahren seit Beginn des Krieges militärische Hilfe an die Ukraine von insgesamt gut 10 Milliarden geleistet. Das entspricht 0,25% des deutschen BIP von 2023. Auf Jahresbasis geben wir weniger als 0,1% des BIP an Militärhilfe. Kiel Institute (IfW Kiel) /1

Onlinebewertungen nachwievor spannendster Forschungsgegenstand.

Black families whose ancestors were enslaved until the Civil War have considerably lower education, income and wealth today than Black families whose ancestors were free before the Civil War. Evidence in this new QJE paper

I am super happy that my article "Deceptive features on platforms" with Johannes Johnen was accepted in The Economic Journal The Economic Journal and is available (open access) in the August issue.

Quick Stata tip: use "bimap" to create maps where the coloring is based on the values of *two* variables. The map below is an example taken directly from the package's page at github.com/asjadnaqvi/sta…, where you can find the code and data needed to create it. h/t Asjad Naqvi

🚨 Job Market Paper alert! "How Much Should We Trust Modern Difference-in-Differences Estimates?" at osf.io/bqmws I assess the fit between modern DID-style estimators and real-world data features, and point to approaches for improving inference. Quick thread ⬇️

job market candidates in IS, here's an awesome job Purdue Boilermakers in a great IS dept: careers.purdue.edu/job/Assistant-…

Owning a video game console and participating in gameplay may have a positive effect on mental well-being, according to a study based on data from 97,602 people in Japan, published in Nature Human Behaviour. go.nature.com/4fNBcGH

I'm really excited for the rollout of trueviews.org on Tuesday. This is a website we've been working for awhile, which shows public opinion at a variety of geographic scales, including zip codes, state legislative districts, congressional districts, and states.

Great quotes...can not agree more. And of course, what is alienating, this culture was brought to Brussels. And of course, I understand that the only sword the EU can wield is that of being the protector of the treaties. But modern statecraft requires experimentation, it requires

Stunning decline in rape (along with other crimes) driven by alcohol sales ban in South Africa - along with a large reduction in mortality (almost solely driven by men)! Kai Barron Charles Parry direct.mit.edu/rest/article/1…

TONIGHT. Liechtenstein have not won in 4 years. (Last win was v San Marino in 2020.) San Marino have not won in 20 years. (Last win was v Liechtenstein in 2004.) THIS IS, and I cannot stress this enough, IT. (Going to be 0-0 isn't it?)

We are excited to announce that the Executive Board of Erasmus University has appointed Prof. Aukje Hassoldt as the new Dean of Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University. Prof. Hassoldt will join RSM on 1 December. ow.ly/yKvx50Tgb9v

DrDisrespect announced he’s returning tomorrow

In 2006 (!) Time gave the "Person of the Year" choice to "You" (everyone), highlighting the impact of user-generated content, web 2.0, etc on society. Extremely prescient about today's AI debates. Super interesting to read e.g. Grossman's piece on this from 2006 w/ today's view