John Horton
@johnjhorton.bsky.social
Economist researching online marketplaces. Mind and Hand. 🎲🦜- appreciator
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#Wilmasreview
Wilma 🐶 recently got a little assistance with her grooming because she recently read a study showing that a little (text) brush-up can lead to more success when applying for a job.
In their study, @emmawiles.bsky.social, Zanele Munyikwa, and @johnjhorton.bsky.social test...
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Wilma 🐶 recently got a little assistance with her grooming because she recently read a study showing that a little (text) brush-up can lead to more success when applying for a job.
In their study, @emmawiles.bsky.social, Zanele Munyikwa, and @johnjhorton.bsky.social test...
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May 25, 2025 at 2:43 PM
#Wilmasreview
Wilma 🐶 recently got a little assistance with her grooming because she recently read a study showing that a little (text) brush-up can lead to more success when applying for a job.
In their study, @emmawiles.bsky.social, Zanele Munyikwa, and @johnjhorton.bsky.social test...
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Wilma 🐶 recently got a little assistance with her grooming because she recently read a study showing that a little (text) brush-up can lead to more success when applying for a job.
In their study, @emmawiles.bsky.social, Zanele Munyikwa, and @johnjhorton.bsky.social test...
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'Whit' Diffie Erasure!
blog.expectedparrot.com/p/whit-diffi...
blog.expectedparrot.com/p/whit-diffi...
'Whit' Diffie Erasure!
Why human-provided structure improves AI answers to research questions, with examples.
blog.expectedparrot.com
May 4, 2025 at 12:06 AM
'Whit' Diffie Erasure!
blog.expectedparrot.com/p/whit-diffi...
blog.expectedparrot.com/p/whit-diffi...
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🚨 New paper alert, with @johnjhorton.bsky.social! Using an experiment run on a large online labor market, we provide evidence that providing employers access to an AI-written first draft of a job post harms the efficiency of the market.
emmawiles.github.io/storage/jobo...
emmawiles.github.io/storage/jobo...
March 24, 2025 at 5:00 PM
🚨 New paper alert, with @johnjhorton.bsky.social! Using an experiment run on a large online labor market, we provide evidence that providing employers access to an AI-written first draft of a job post harms the efficiency of the market.
emmawiles.github.io/storage/jobo...
emmawiles.github.io/storage/jobo...
gave Claude Code (wow!) some work to do writing documentation. It fixed up a file "survey.py" then got interrupted and lost the context. When it went back, it started again with "survey.py" and said...
March 10, 2025 at 6:06 PM
gave Claude Code (wow!) some work to do writing documentation. It fixed up a file "survey.py" then got interrupted and lost the context. When it went back, it started again with "survey.py" and said...
Models you can run on @expectedparrot.bsky.social (w/ just one key); we also hit each one daily to make sure it's not deprecated/down and create this report: www.expectedparrot.com/getting-star...
March 10, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Models you can run on @expectedparrot.bsky.social (w/ just one key); we also hit each one daily to make sure it's not deprecated/down and create this report: www.expectedparrot.com/getting-star...
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With E[P] you can run jobs locally using your own API keys for LLMs, or use our key which comes with $25 in credits. Toggle on "help me" and we'll dig into any issues with your surveys and experiments and help you fix them!
March 8, 2025 at 6:51 PM
With E[P] you can run jobs locally using your own API keys for LLMs, or use our key which comes with $25 in credits. Toggle on "help me" and we'll dig into any issues with your surveys and experiments and help you fix them!
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Sloan Foundation announced a program to support postdocs in philosophy, sociology, and metascience who want to understand how AI will affect science.
Pass it along to anyone who might be interested, the Institute for Complex Social Dynamics might be interested in hosting
sloan.org/programs/dig...
Pass it along to anyone who might be interested, the Institute for Complex Social Dynamics might be interested in hosting
sloan.org/programs/dig...
Call for submissions: Metascience and AI postdoctoral fellowship | Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
Our mission is to make the world a better place through the advancement of scientific knowledge.
sloan.org
March 7, 2025 at 12:27 AM
Sloan Foundation announced a program to support postdocs in philosophy, sociology, and metascience who want to understand how AI will affect science.
Pass it along to anyone who might be interested, the Institute for Complex Social Dynamics might be interested in hosting
sloan.org/programs/dig...
Pass it along to anyone who might be interested, the Institute for Complex Social Dynamics might be interested in hosting
sloan.org/programs/dig...
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March 6, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Economic content of the speech last night (w/ GPT-4o & @expectedparrot.bsky.social ) 1/ NB:
www.expectedparrot.com/content/john...
www.expectedparrot.com/content/john...
March 5, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Economic content of the speech last night (w/ GPT-4o & @expectedparrot.bsky.social ) 1/ NB:
www.expectedparrot.com/content/john...
www.expectedparrot.com/content/john...
Using skip-logic & piping to implement bilateral bargaining in github.com/expectedparr... Notebook here: www.expectedparrot.com/content/john...
March 4, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Using skip-logic & piping to implement bilateral bargaining in github.com/expectedparr... Notebook here: www.expectedparrot.com/content/john...
I just posted the exact same thing on twitter and here & got way more engagement here despite having probably 7x the followers. Twitter really is cooked huh?
February 26, 2025 at 12:57 AM
I just posted the exact same thing on twitter and here & got way more engagement here despite having probably 7x the followers. Twitter really is cooked huh?
This is very cool & the point is push the model to its limits, but specifying this kind of complex flow is quite easy with github.com/expectedparr... - short thread 1/n
February 26, 2025 at 12:39 AM
This is very cool & the point is push the model to its limits, but specifying this kind of complex flow is quite easy with github.com/expectedparr... - short thread 1/n
Tools to social scientists using LLMs: www.expectedparrot.com
Expected Parrot
www.expectedparrot.com
February 25, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Tools to social scientists using LLMs: www.expectedparrot.com
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Courtesy of @johnjhorton.bsky.social 🎓🍎
February 14, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Courtesy of @johnjhorton.bsky.social 🎓🍎
What seems to be going on here is that (a) more people in student sample played exact EV in mirror than in lottery & (b) distributions are *both* roughly symmetric around EV. You can see why w/ means it looks PT-ish (& also at other quantiles). FWIW, I think everyone should CTFO & let Oprea respond
February 9, 2025 at 4:35 PM
What seems to be going on here is that (a) more people in student sample played exact EV in mirror than in lottery & (b) distributions are *both* roughly symmetric around EV. You can see why w/ means it looks PT-ish (& also at other quantiles). FWIW, I think everyone should CTFO & let Oprea respond
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How is AI reshaping labor market opportunity, and for whom? Join us on 1/21 to hear from @johnjhorton.bsky.social, @sendhil.bsky.social and @lindseyrraymond.bsky.social about their latest research findings and insights, chaired by David Autor.
Register: shapingwork.mit.edu/events/align...
#EconSky
Register: shapingwork.mit.edu/events/align...
#EconSky
January 8, 2025 at 7:44 PM
How is AI reshaping labor market opportunity, and for whom? Join us on 1/21 to hear from @johnjhorton.bsky.social, @sendhil.bsky.social and @lindseyrraymond.bsky.social about their latest research findings and insights, chaired by David Autor.
Register: shapingwork.mit.edu/events/align...
#EconSky
Register: shapingwork.mit.edu/events/align...
#EconSky
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1/ My co-author @mitchwatt.bsky.social is on the #EconJobMarket this year.
Mitch is an applied theorist interested in market design, IO, and public policy.
I happen to know his #JMP and its companion paper very well. 😇
🧵👇 with an overview of both papers.
#EconSky
Mitch is an applied theorist interested in market design, IO, and public policy.
I happen to know his #JMP and its companion paper very well. 😇
🧵👇 with an overview of both papers.
#EconSky
December 3, 2024 at 6:16 PM
1/ My co-author @mitchwatt.bsky.social is on the #EconJobMarket this year.
Mitch is an applied theorist interested in market design, IO, and public policy.
I happen to know his #JMP and its companion paper very well. 😇
🧵👇 with an overview of both papers.
#EconSky
Mitch is an applied theorist interested in market design, IO, and public policy.
I happen to know his #JMP and its companion paper very well. 😇
🧵👇 with an overview of both papers.
#EconSky
Thankful to have a plausible alternative short form social media /microblogging platform
November 28, 2024 at 2:51 PM
Thankful to have a plausible alternative short form social media /microblogging platform
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@johnjhorton.bsky.social posted this in the EDSL discord as well -- super cool that this works.
AI agents, suitably prompted, provide responses to GSS that are about 85% as accurate as the respondents themselves
arxiv.org/abs/2411.10109
arxiv.org/abs/2411.10109
November 18, 2024 at 5:51 PM
@johnjhorton.bsky.social posted this in the EDSL discord as well -- super cool that this works.
ok fine i'm here. i forgot i made this account & tried to make another one today w/ this user name and it said it was taken & I thought "what bastard took my..." oh, right it was me
November 20, 2024 at 2:28 AM
ok fine i'm here. i forgot i made this account & tried to make another one today w/ this user name and it said it was taken & I thought "what bastard took my..." oh, right it was me