The Impacts of Prediction AI on Scientists: Evidence from AlphaFold
New preprint analysing AF impact on structural biology. Provides evidence of impact on adopter (citer) productivity, the types of proteins studied (bigger, harder, newer), and decreased citation polarisation.

When you're making AI agents in edsl, you can give them static traits that (potentially) influence how they answer questions (see below) github.com/expectedparrot… but you can also give them traits dynamically, depending on the question or context by passing them a function 1/

Looking forward to presenting a new paper 'Artificial Intelligence and Firms’ Systematic Risk' at the NBER Productivity, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship Meeting tomorrow:

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With Anastassia Fedyk 🇺🇦 Alex He James Hodson.

Join me for a Brookings Econ conversation on 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗸 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗔𝗴𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗔𝗜 with Daron Acemoglu, Daniel Susskind and Russell Wald on Thu April 25 at 3 PM EDT!

#GAFAM have massively acquired young and innovative startups. Little is known about their development post-acquisition. Our paper Big Tech Acquisitions and Innovation: An Empirical Assessment with Laureen de Barsy intend to fill in this gap. #MergerControl A thread 1/6

125 million applications linked to job vacancies and employers reveal evidence of nonsequential search and a huge matching role for labor market intermediaries, from Steven J. Davis and Brenda Samaniego de la Parra nber.org/papers/w32320

Thrilled to announce the lineup of distinguished keynote speakers for #StiglerAntitrust24 . Antitrust Division AAG Jonathan Kanter, FTC Chair Lina Khan, UChicago Law School's Randy Picker, and fmr Biden advisor Tim Wu. Join us virtually at the Stigler Center: chicagobooth.edu/StiglerAntitru…

I would love to see more work on AI as advisor to humans, rather than AI just doing work.

This controlled study in Kenya found top small business entrepreneurs got a stunning 15% boost in profits when given an AI mentor, but low performers struggled with mentorship & did worse.

Daron Acemoglu writes a Letter from America ‘AI and economic growth: Dreams versus theory’ in the latest RES Quarterly Newsletter – Issue 205, April 2024.

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🗓️Join this year's BCCP Conference and Policy Forum on June 14 at WZB – let's chart the course for responsible AI development and explore the regulatory initiatives shaping our AI-driven future. Sign up now! bccp-berlin.de/conference2024 #EconTwitter #bccpconf