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Building AI that Expands Human Opportunity
Research lab founded and led by UT-Austin economist Peter Bergman. peterbergman.bsky.social
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January 29, 2025 at 6:40 AM
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January 17, 2025 at 4:46 AM
Incredible work, Noam, Moitshepi, Claire, and the entire Youth Impact squad!
December 31, 2024 at 9:21 PM
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December 31, 2024 at 9:12 PM
Bottom line: LLMs can be powerful tools for research with the necessary guardrails. But if those guardrails can't be placed, LLMs should not be used.

Double bottom line: applying these same guardrails for benchmarking analysis and building AI tools support more responsible, accurate models.
December 17, 2024 at 5:14 AM
2️⃣ Researchers should only use open-source AI-models with transparent training data

3️⃣ Researchers must validate AI-generated outputs by comparing them to outputs from established methods on a small sample and appropriately correct for errors.
December 17, 2024 at 5:14 AM
And spillover effects on truancy rates, through student social network mapping, from Bergman & @maibennett.com
www.learningcollider.org/research-lib...

Hope these are useful!
Better Together? Social Networks in Truancy and the Targeting of Treatment — Learning Collider: Building AI that Expands Human Opportunity
Because students skip school with friends, social network maps can help target truancy interventions and reduce class absences.
www.learningcollider.org
December 17, 2024 at 4:56 AM
Thanks, Sarah!
@laurakgee.bsky.social - depending on your audience, we have a quick summary of Bergman & Chan's paper on low-cost text messaging and great resources from J-PAL linked here:
www.learningcollider.org/research-lib...
Leveraging Parents through Low-Cost Technology: The Impact of High-Frequency Information on Student Achievement — Learning Collider: Building AI that Expands Human Opportunity
Automated text messages to parents show major promise for boosting school attendance and grades at a low cost to districts.
www.learningcollider.org
December 17, 2024 at 4:56 AM