20250517 - How to make a splash in AI economics: fake your data

If it sounds too good to be true ... Text version: https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/05/17/how-to-make-a-splash-in-ai-economics-fake-your-data/ Please send money! It's very helpful! Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/davidgerard Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/A1529D5 Buy me nice things: https://www.amazon.co.uk/hz/wishlist/ls/3Q8VZW46J6DM6 Get an extremely cool Pivot to AI shirt: https://pivot-to-ai.redbubble.com Sources: Artificial Intelligence, Scientific Discovery, and Product Innovation (PDF) https://arxiv.org/abs/2412.17866 Will AI Help or Hurt Workers? One 26-Year-Old Found an Unexpected Answer https://www.wsj.com/economy/will-ai-help-hurt-workers-income-productivity-5928a389 MIT: Assuring an accurate research record https://economics.mit.edu/news/assuring-accurate-research-record MIT Says It No Longer Stands Behind Student's AI Research Paper https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/mit-says-it-no-longer-stands-behind-students-ai-research-paper-11434092 "Some initial thoughts. The original paper was too good to be true in many ways." https://x.com/Robert_Palgrave/status/1923394446562898170 ADMINISTRATIVE PANEL DECISION: Corning Incorporated v. Aidan Toner-Rodgers (PDF) https://www.wipo.int/amc/en/domains/decisions/pdf/2025/d2025-0410.pdf Previously on Pivot to AI: Anthropic, Apollo astounded to find a chatbot will lie to you if you tell it to lie to you https://pivot-to-ai.com/2024/12/19/anthropic-and-apollo-astounded-to-find-that-a-chatbot-will-lie-to-you-if-you-tell-it-to-lie-to-you/