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A Comparison of Agentic AI Systems and Human Economists

This paper compares agentic AI systems and human economists performing the same causal inference tasks. AI systems and humans generally obtain similar median causal effect estimates. While there is substantial dispersion of estimates across model instances, the human distributions of estimates have wider tails. Using AI models as reviewers to compare and rank “submissions,” the […] The post A Comparison of Agentic AI Systems and Human Economists appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION. Comments...

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Economy

Zimbabwe facts of the day

Zimbabwe, often considered an economic basket-case because of its history of farm seizures and hyperinflation, is enjoying an idiosyncratic boom. High prices for the metal and other commodities have led to a surge of cash through its highly informal economy. They have made it easier for authorities to stop printing money and meddling in currency […] The post Zimbabwe facts of the day appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION. CommentsIn reply to Kyoto. There are a group of coffee shops near . by ...

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Technology

Chinese tech workers are starting to train their AI doubles–and pushing back

Tech workers in China are being instructed by their bosses to train AI agents to replace them—and it’s prompting a wave of soul-searching among otherwise enthusiastic early adopters. Earlier this month a GitHub project called Colleague Skill, which claimed workers could use it to “distill” their colleagues’ skills and personality traits and replicate them with…

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