Christopher Barrie

@cbarrie.bsky.social

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Assistant Professor of Sociology, NYU. Core Faculty, CSMaP. Research Fellow Oxford Sociology. Computational social science, Methods, Conflict, Communication. Webpage: cjbarrie.com

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Christopher Barrie @cbarrie.bsky.social · Dec 17

Pleased to share the latest version of my paper with Arthur Spirling and @lexipalmer.bsky.social on replication using LMs

We show:

1. current applications of LMs in political science research *don't* meet basic standards of reproducibility...

Christopher Barrie @cbarrie.bsky.social · 17h

A student asks: "how does one decide which to model to use for a given social science task?"

I'm not sure if I have good advice... What would you say?

Christopher Barrie @cbarrie.bsky.social · 1d

I'm actually something of an artist myself

Reposted by Brady T. West, Brendan Nyhan, Jacob Montgomery , and 6 more Brady T. West, Brendan Nyhan, Jacob Montgomery, Erika Franklin Fowler, Christopher Barrie, Aaron Shaw, Aurélien Mondon, Dan MacLean, Nicolai von Ondarza

Petter Törnberg @pettertornberg.com · 3d

LLMs are now widely used in social science as stand-ins for humans—assuming they can produce realistic, human-like text

But... can they? We don’t actually know.

In our new study, we develop a Computational Turing Test.

And our findings are striking:
LLMs may be far less human-like than we think.🧵

Computational Turing Test Reveals Systematic Differences Between Human and AI Language

Large language models (LLMs) are increasingly used in the social sciences to simulate human behavior, based on the assumption that they can generate realistic, human-like text. Yet this assumption rem...

arxiv.org

Christopher Barrie @cbarrie.bsky.social · 5d

This is literally a headline from that SNL sketch youtube.com/shorts/MpClx...

The New York Times Coming Up With Emails To Send You

YouTube video by please don't destroy

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Christopher Barrie @cbarrie.bsky.social · 5d

Also p sure this critic reviewed my last paper

Christopher Barrie @cbarrie.bsky.social · 5d

Don't think I've been more excited to watch something in years. ZERO stars

Christopher Barrie @cbarrie.bsky.social · 6d

Thank you, Bob! I also wanna do more with this data. If you have ideas lmk

Christopher Barrie @cbarrie.bsky.social · 6d

I'm very proud of this paper and hope others can build on it to better measure changes in the media ecosystem.

Very relevant to our current times IMHO!

Political Analysis @polanalysis.bsky.social · 6d

Currently in FirstView: In “Measuring Media Criticism with ALC Word Embeddings,” @cbarrie.bsky.social, Neil Ketchley, @aasiegel.bsky.social, and Mossaab Bagdouri introduce a method for estimating media criticism using à la carte word embeddings which requires only minimal computational resources.

Reposted by Christopher Barrie, Federica Genovese

Political Analysis @polanalysis.bsky.social · 6d

Christopher Barrie @cbarrie.bsky.social · 10d

Just FYI I'm super hyped about disliking all your posts

Christopher Barrie @cbarrie.bsky.social · 11d

Guys I was wondering what the most urgent issue of our time was and

Christopher Barrie @cbarrie.bsky.social · 11d

Fun things to do in Manhattan with a 15-month-old while it's pissing down with rain? Asking for a friend. I am the friend.

Christopher Barrie @cbarrie.bsky.social · 12d

I really like that in the new Mac OS the Spotlight Search can now search just as badly through both files and apps with one keyboard shortcut

Reposted by Mel Bartley, Dave O’Brien, Christopher Barrie , and 1 more Mel Bartley, Dave O’Brien, Christopher Barrie, Patrick Präg

Chris Bail @chrisbail.bsky.social · 17d

The ENSAE-CREST is hiring a computational sociologist -- Assistant or Associate Professor.

Date of appointment: September 2026.
Details here : www.css.cnrs.fr/assistant-or...

www.css.cnrs.fr

Christopher Barrie @cbarrie.bsky.social · 17d

Emil Kirkegaard!

Reposted by Alexander Wuttke, Christopher Barrie

Verena Kunz @verenakunz.bsky.social · 17d

Next Wednesday, we're excited to welcome @lexipalmer.bsky.social, who will present co-authored work with @cbarrie.bsky.social and Arthur Spirling on "Replication for Language Models: Problems, Principles, and Best Practices for Political Science". Paper and information on how to join ⬇️

The image shows photos and names of the five speakers of the TADA Speaker Series for the Fall term 2025.

Christopher Barrie @cbarrie.bsky.social · 18d

Big departure for Dapper Laughs. Glad he's traded in the polo neck though

Annemarie Bridy @annemariebridy.bsky.social · 18d

It’s rare for me to say this about a NYTimes article, but I love everything about this story. And that photo. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/23/s...

Is This Dapper Man Going to Crack the Louvre Heist Case?

www.nytimes.com

Reposted by Mirya R. Holman, Douglas Guilfoyle, Christopher Barrie

Annemarie Bridy @annemariebridy.bsky.social · 18d

It’s rare for me to say this about a NYTimes article, but I love everything about this story. And that photo. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/23/s...

Is This Dapper Man Going to Crack the Louvre Heist Case?

www.nytimes.com

Christopher Barrie @cbarrie.bsky.social · 19d

Is this a metaphor

Christopher Barrie @cbarrie.bsky.social · 19d

Thank you that's useful to know. I'm potentially interested in some work in this domain

Christopher Barrie @cbarrie.bsky.social · 19d

I'm interested in whether statewide syllabi are scrapeable for the last few years. Do you have any ideas?

Sara Hobolt @sarahobolt.bsky.social · 19d

🚨 New LSE job in political science 🚨

We're looking for a *Full or Associate Professor of Political Science and Public Policy* to join the LSE School of Public Policy

Please share!

jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...

Full or Associate Professor of Political Science and Public Policy

Full or Associate Professor of Political Science and Public Policy, , <p style="text-align: center;"><em><span>LSE is committed to building a diverse, equitable and truly inclusive university</span></...

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Christopher Barrie @cbarrie.bsky.social · 20d

The British Journal of Sociology review report question. Is this an attention check or just a mad scale? I mean, it got my attention

Christopher Barrie @cbarrie.bsky.social · 22d

I await the words "dad, you were right I was wrong, Teen Age Riot is a masterpiece"

Christopher Barrie @cbarrie.bsky.social · 22d

My fourteen month old just broke an anniversary edition Sonic Youth vinyl and I now feel attacked in more ways than one

Reposted by Steven French, Christopher Barrie

Internet Archive @archive.org · 23d

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Christopher Barrie @cbarrie.bsky.social · 25d

Hahahaha

Christopher Barrie @cbarrie.bsky.social · 25d

"What is this, an arc for ants?"

Christopher Barrie @cbarrie.bsky.social · 26d

This is now out in journalqd.org/article/view.... Please be in touch with any questions if you intend to use!

Great to work with @aybukeatalay.bsky.social and @aliaelkattan.com on this! Watch out for them

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