An evaluation of claims about large macroeconomic implications of new advances in AI finds a 0.66 percent increase in total factor productivity over 10 years, from Daron Acemoglu nber.org/papers/w32487

Rafael Nadal, who is likely in his last year on the tour, brought an unusually considerate—and hugely endearing—ferocity to the game, Gerry Marzorati writes. nyer.cm/jZcwY88

Next up is Morgan Frank presenting work with Esteban Moro and YY Ann: 'AI Exposure Predicts Unemployment Risk'

Can we find job disruption in places where there are higher levels of exposure to AI tech?

fascinating work here: arxiv.org/pdf/2308.02624

Exciting news! We are offering Open Arms travel grants for attendees from low and middle-income countries. The grants cover participation fees, flights, accommodation, visa costs, and health insurance. Apply until June 16 if you are presenting at #CCS2024 ! ccs24.cssociety.org/openarms/

Congratulations, Francisco! Looking forward to it.

An excellent note digging into the growth differences between the US & other advanced economies. The US pandemic recovery was uniquely strong. No silver bullet it seems but the magnitude & nature of fiscal & monetary policy support, plus US business dynamism, stand out.

🎉Sándor Juhász gave a fantastic talk to our group yesterday at Network Science Institute about their recent paper on Social Ties and Urban barriers. Thanks for your visit!

Comeback kings

We are very excited to be hosting the 2024 NetMob conference that will bring leading researchers working on mobile phone data analysis to DC and will help foster collaboration between academia and policy in this innovative space

The next NetMob is in Washington DC and it will be awesome! Hosted by the World Bank. The website is already up and it looks great!! netmob.org Can't wait to be there.

Great news! Netmob '24, the major conference on mobile phone data analysis, will take place in the fall, in Washington, D.C. organized by the World Bank. See you there!
netmob.org

Job just posted, Project coordinator for the Internet Democracy Initiative. Come join us! northeastern.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/careers/job/Bo…

Understanding and predicting human mobility in urban areas is very important. Unfortunately, there are no large, standardized, and open datasets to compare different models. Here, we introduce a new open, anonymized dataset of 100k individual mobility trajectories. Check it out!

The dataset can be accessed through Zenodo without any registration: zenodo.org/records/108362…

We held a data challenge last year. We are thinking of hosting the next edition later this year. Let's connect if you're interested! 🎉
connection.mit.edu/humob-challeng…

Please spread the word!

Os comparto 'Big Data & AI for Economics' presentada hoy en Bilkent Üniversitesi.Parte de un viaje de 10 años en #BigData & #AI by BBVA Research y coautores👇shorturl.at/fxUW3 Manuel Hidalgo Rafael Domenech | @BBVAResearch & @UV_EG Judith Arnal Banco de España Research José A. Herce 🇺🇦 Miguel Almunia Miguel Artola Esteban Moro

If you haven't yet submitted your abstract to Conference on Complex Systems you're missing out! Just take a look at our site and lineup of invited speakers and you'll see how amazing this will be! We are working hard to make this one of the best CCSs in history. Join us! ccs24.cssociety.org

Muy interesante. Sin embargo, muchos estudios de impacto de AI/automation en el empleo se basan en estimaciones/extrapolaciones. Y recientemente hemos visto que no son muy acertadas (por separado), pero si conjuntamente arxiv.org/abs/2308.02624

Conceptual story: Crime is explained by the management of commercial establishments AND context. And demographics still matter, too, as crime is higher in high-poverty communities, controlling for the effects of managers.

Can AI ace law exams?

Last year, OpenAI announced GPT-4 got 90th percentile on the bar.

Here we (a) refute 90th percentile claim; (b) replicate/extend recent work on GPT capabilities; (c) discuss implications for law profession.

Now open, AI&Law: link.springer.com/article/10.100…
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Fifty years ago, William Whyte studied how New Yorkers schmoozed, sat, and relaxed the small open spaces available to them. This 1980 treasure was the result.

Join me as I share a few timeless lessons. 🧵