THE DALAI LAMA IS WEAK ON MONETARY POLICY.

A guy asking ChatGPT to review a series of fart sound effects and getting a serious kiss ass response that calls it atmospheric

I can't stop laughing at this post. It's perfect.

This is absolutely fantastic.

ht: @maddenifico.bsky.social

recent Axios story on maternal health policy referenced "findings" that a majority of people trusted their doctors and nurses. On the surface, there's nothing unusual about that. What wasn't originally mentioned, however, was that these findings were made up. Clicking through the links revealed (as did a subsequent editor's note and clarification by Axios) that the public opinion poll was a computer simulation run by the artificial intelligence start-up Aaru. No people were involved in the creation of these opinions. The practice Aaru used is called silicon sampling, and it's suddenly everywhere. The idea behind silicon sampling is simple and tantalizing. Because large language models can generate responses that emulate human answers, polling companies see an opportunity to use A.I. agents to simulate survey responses at a small fraction of the cost and time required for traditional polling.

As I’ve said a million times, I’m not particularly against smart uses of AI

This is the stupidest use I’ve seen yet though

Moral Economics: Al Roth and Ray Fisman at Cambridge Public Library, Monday May 11

Some of my Boston/Cambridge friends asked how to get tickets now because they're afraid it will sell out (the price is right), and others because they're afraid that if they don't come Ray and I will be speaking to an empty hall...
#econsky #academicsky
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I like the Messiahs who don’t get killed.

Two thoughtful essays about the impact of LLMs on graduate education:

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From personal experience I think the self-control problem mentioned in the first essay is very real.

#econsky
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On Monday, we are excited to host Mengxi Zhang from the University of Bonn. Mengxi will present: 'Mechanism Design Beyond Expected Utility: Dynamic (In)Consistency and Full Surplus Extraction' (with David Ahn).

➡️ Paper: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

Looking forward to seeing you! 📉📈 #EconSky

Chicago economist(s)

And all I will continue to say is…imagine the worst, and be ready to defeat it. Is Trump gonna fuck with/try to cancel the midterms? Believe it, defeat it. Will Trump try to run for a 3rd term? Believe it, defeat it. We didn’t imagine the worst after the 2020 election, and Jan 6 happened. Not again.

Trump posts an infographic claiming he’s “reshaping the media”

The First Amendment is the first amendment for a reason. Independent voices are more important now than ever.

Trump Lawyer Rebuked at ABA for Saying DOJ in a ‘Better Place’ A typically collegial white collar legal conference turned testy when one of the president’s defense attorneys faced incredulous and at one point rancorous pushback for praising Trump’s Justice Depart...

"'I wanted to thank Mr. Lauro for admitting the emperor has no clothes—the rule of law is dead because the people in this room and the Department of Justice pissed off President Trump,' … said @mitchellepner.bsky.social, a former federal prosecutor ….

"Attendees in the conference ballroom clapped."

U.S. Suffers Additional Casualties In War It Won Last Week

U.S. Suffers Additional Casualties In War It Won Last Week — theonion.com/u-s-suffers-...

Big drop in international students coming to US (particularly from India)

So sad
#academicsky #econsky
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“The Last Republican” — now free to watch on YouTube.

“A compelling portrait of political courage in an era when courage is in short supply.”

“It’s less a political documentary than a study of the personal cost of telling the truth in modern politics.”

youtu.be/HmL_2PKL9o4?...

SHOULD THE U.S BLOT OUT THE SUN AND USHER IN AN AGE OF ETERNAL DARKNESS? - Gallup 2/20/26-3/5/26

NO - 41%
YES - 38%
UNSURE - 21%

Launched 30 years ago tomorrow, EDIRC is a directory of economics institutions that expanded from a list of URLs to a metadata provider for RePEc and a one-stop-shop for info about members, alumni and their publications for over 15K institutions and associations.

edirc.repec.org

#RePEc #EconSky

Joe Mazzulla Reiterates Jayson Tatum Will Not Return Until He Passes The ‘Mazzulla Logic-Puzzle Meridian’ BOSTON—Amid continued speculation about when the injured Celtics star might return to action, head coach Joe Mazzulla told reporters Tuesday that Jayson Tatum would remain sidelined until he successfu...

“Look, I know it’s your guys’ job to ask, but my answer is the same as always: Jayson won’t be back on the floor until he scores at least an eight on the Mazzulla Logic Meridian, and he’s just not there yet,” a visibly annoyed Mazzulla told reporters

This War Will Destabilize The Entire Mideast Region And Set Off A Global Shockwave Of Anti-Americanism vs. No It Won’t George W. Bush may think that a war against Iraq is the solution to our problems, but the reality is, it will only serve to create far more.

This War Will Destabilize The Entire Mideast Region And Set Off A Global Shockwave Of Anti-Americanism vs. No It Won’t

Kansas Sends Letters To Trans People Demanding The Immediate Surrender Of Drivers Licenses "The legislature did not include a grace period."

This is bigotry, pure and simple.

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PhD stands for / Photogenic " Duck .

Obviously.

The 1981 paper is Roger Myerson's famous paper on auctions.

My 1982 paper had earlier been rejected by the JPE,with a letter from the editor, George Stigler, saying that the only economics in the paper was in the title.
#econsky #academicsky

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Blizzard 🌀 Alert 🥶

Opinion | Is This the Most Important Supreme Court Case of the Century?

If we keep electing men like Trump, they will keep undermining that foundation, until it finally collapses.

One day that may well happen. But on Friday, the Supreme Court said not this day. On this day the presidency is stuffed back into its box. On this day the Constitution holds.