1. “Here, we apply econometric causal inference techniques to 740,249 hours of human discourse from 360,445 YouTube academic talks and 771,591 conversational podcast episodes across multiple disciplines. We detect a measurable and abrupt increase in the use of words preferentially generated by ChatGPT, such as delve, comprehend, boast, swift, and meticulous, after its release.” I wonder if this is more true since this 2024 paper? Here is a related tweet thread. I do hear Alex using the word “delve” more.
2. New start-up with claims about embryo screening.
3. A report from “the fast-growing Canadian poor” (not my term).
4. Helsinki goes a full year without a traffic fatality.
5. Noam Brown on the new reasoning models and agnosticism.
6. Claims about Korean studying.
7. Dean Karlan on foreign aid and DOGE, with transcript. Very good piece, credit to Santi Ruiz.
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