William Bianco
William Bianco
@wbianco.bsky.social
Professor of Political Science at Indiana University and Director of the Indiana Political Analytics Workshop. Research Director, Everything Policy
There's a lot of plus ca change going on, no?
April 11, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Since 2014, the FAA worked to diversify air traffic control. Did they compromise safety? Everything Policy analyzed data on hiring and mishaps. While mishap rates vary, there is no sign that the initiative reduced safety. For details, see tinyurl.com/yc456yw8. #AirDisaster #AA5342 #FAA #DEI
January 31, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Since 2014, the FAA worked to diversify air traffic control. Did they compromise safety? Everything Policy analyzed data on hiring and mishaps. While mishap rates vary, there is no sign that the initiative reduced safety. For details, see tinyurl.com/yc456yw8. #AirDisaster #AA5342 #FAA #DEI
January 31, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Final query is something I mention to students - my spouse teaches in the same department. I have no idea what CHAT is doing here. And news flash - my spouse is apparently married to someone other than me.
January 15, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Inquiries about biographical information are even more hilarious. Here, I asked about my daughter. Now, she does do stand-up comedy. But her name is not Liza. Or Treyger.
January 15, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Even then, the "more accurate" engine can go off the rails. Here I asked CHAT about my Trust book. Points 1 and 3 are pretty good summaries, and point 4 is in the ballpark. But point 2 - I wrote the book and it doesn't say that. At all.
January 15, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Those choices are not completely random -- I do American institutions, and those three schools produced a lot of similar PhDs in the 1980s. But completely wrong. If you log in to the more accurate version, CHAT gets it right. But if you look at the fine print, it's really doing is a Google search.
January 15, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Chat-GPT at Open AI comes in two versions, one you can use without logging in, the other is advertised as "more accurate" but requires a login. The basic version is pretty bad at personal information, such as where I received my PhD program (University of Rochester).
January 15, 2025 at 9:00 PM