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Karen Jeffrey

@karenojeffrey.bsky.social

Data Science and AI Fellow University of Glasgow AI, labour markets, & policy responses karenjeffrey.github.io

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Karen Jeffrey@karenojeffrey.bsky.social · 2w ago

With little technical background and a few spare hours, this post shows how coding agents can help you build: - an interactive sun simulation for your garden 🌳 - a map of the galaxy 💫 - an app to control smart home devices 🏠 It feels like huge shifts in the way we work are just around the corner.

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David P. Reichert@david-p-reichert.bsky.social · 2w ago

A follow-up to my last substack about agents vs chatbots. This time I'm showing some more down-to-earth examples of agents in action, as opposed to machine learning. Anything from modelling historical houses to fixing crashes to simulating the galaxy. davidpreichert.substack.com/p/ai-and-a-c... ..

Karen Jeffrey@karenojeffrey.bsky.social · last mo.

Switching from using an LLM in a browser to a desktop app (Claude Desktop, in my case) was a game changer for me. If you've been wondering what all the fuss is about, here's an explainer from an expert on how we can each have an army of AI research assistants doing some pretty impressive things 🤖 🐞

David P. Reichert@david-p-reichert.bsky.social · last mo.

Many don't see how much AI has changed recently. Coding agents aren't just chatbots. We can’t deal with the challenges of AI if we don’t understand it. Here's a post to provide some evidence (Claude doing small ML experiments) and form intuitions. davidpreichert.substack.com/p/if-you-hav... 🧵..

Karen Jeffrey@karenojeffrey.bsky.social · 4mo ago

🗳️ Would you trust an AI to vote for you? This lab is experimenting with "a personalized AI agent that understands your political preferences and... faithfully cast votes the way you would." Will this help people vote more rationally, or give too much power to AI providers? bit.ly/4d6ssem

Training AI to Govern for Us

In our new AI-centered class at the GSB, we’re experimenting on how to build AI agents that represent us. Here’s what we’ve learned so far.

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David P. Reichert@david-p-reichert.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Really useful in-depth discussion of why current theories on the possibility of AI consciousness are far from conclusive, by @eschwitz.bsky.social. If someone tells you the matter is settled either way -- read this!

Eric Schwitzgebel@eschwitz.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Last week I submitted my latest book manuscript to Cambridge University Press (for their "Element" series of books about 100 pages long): AI and Consciousness: A Skeptical Overview -- because you haven't heard nearly enough about AI and consciousness recently, of course! 😉 Maybe you'll 1/3

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Karen Jeffrey@karenojeffrey.bsky.social · 6mo ago

"if you are a left-leaning voter in Japan and you ask ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, or Grok which party to vote for, all four will probably all give you the same answer: the Japanese Communist Party, an extreme party that holds roughly 0.9% of seats in the lower house." open.substack.com/pub/freesyst...

AI Is A Shitty Political Advisor

Why AI models tell left-wing voters in Japan to vote for the communist party, and how we can do better

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Mor Naaman@informor.bsky.social · 6mo ago

🥁🥁🥁 Newly out from us today in Science Advances: “Biased AI Writing Assistants Shift Users’ Attitudes on Societal Issues”. Large Language Models are providing users with autocomplete writing suggestions on many platforms. Could these suggestions shift users’ own attitudes? (spoiler: YES) (1/7)

Karen Jeffrey@karenojeffrey.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Fantastic opportunity for social sciences or natural science PhD students (or those recently completed) to do an 8 week paid placement with POST @ukparliament.parliament.uk funded by @nuffieldfoundation.org bit.ly/3P1mjHW closing 23 March

Nuffield Foundation POST Fellowship 2026

Applications are open for a round of the Nuffield Foundation POST Fellowship scheme. Open to any PhD students in a natural science or social science field who are undertaking or have recently finished...

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Karen Jeffrey@karenojeffrey.bsky.social · 6mo ago

This thoughtful collection of AI labor market policy proposals collated by @anthropic.com is definitely worth a read. It's great to see concrete policy proposals. For me, the next question is: will voters get behind these proposals as AI’s effects unfold? 🤔 bit.ly/4cenrBy

Preparing for AI’s economic impact: exploring policy responses

We’ve asked economists and researchers to explore policy responses to the potential economic effects of powerful AI. We share some of the initial ideas and feedback we’ve received.

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Karen Jeffrey@karenojeffrey.bsky.social · 7mo ago

If growth in AI causes the labour share to decline, societies might struggle to raise enough tax revenue 💸 One possible solution is a progressive global corporate tax. Great to see this careful, forward looking analysis 👍 open.substack.com/pub/windfall...

A Progressive Global Corporate Tax For the Age of AI

Progressive corporate taxes would counteract both a shift from labor to capital and the concentration of economic profits from TAI systems - but global coordination is necessary.

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Alex Imas@aleximas.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Some news: I’ve started a Substack, largely focused on AI, tech, and economics more broadly. I've always loved the essay format. It helps me explore ideas more formally w/o the 5 year publishing gauntlet. Consider subscribing: open.substack.com/pub/aleximas... Links to all posts below:

Ghosts of Electricity | Alex Imas | Substack

Essays on the economics of AI and technological change. Click to read Ghosts of Electricity, by Alex Imas, a Substack publication with thousands of subscribers.

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David P. Reichert@david-p-reichert.bsky.social · 9mo ago

New preprint: Does Integrated Information Theory (IIT) make experimental predictions about consciousness? Paper: osf.io/preprints/psyarxiv/gauqm_v1 Blog post for summary: davidpreichert.substack.com/p/iit-experimental-predictions 1/3

A critical look at the experimental predictions of the Integrated Information Theory (IIT) of consciousness

In a previous post, I discussed Anil Seth’s paper on biological naturalism. Together with my colleague Rif A. Saurous, we also had an in-depth look at Integrated Information Theory (IIT), the topic of...

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