Yann de Mey
@yanndemey.bsky.social
Associate Professor in Agricultural Business Economics @WUR, working on agricultural risk analysis, risk management and resilience | @AgEconMeet | 🇧🇪 living in 🇳🇱 | Feminist
I ended with "I think the data is fake and generated to look like a gorilla", which it again refuted more or less by stating that this could be true, but that we should not ignore the underlying statistical principles 🫠
#EconSky 📉📈
#EconSky 📉📈
October 30, 2025 at 1:51 PM
I ended with "I think the data is fake and generated to look like a gorilla", which it again refuted more or less by stating that this could be true, but that we should not ignore the underlying statistical principles 🫠
#EconSky 📉📈
#EconSky 📉📈
I then clarified that "I am not referring to the incident. I see in fact a gorilla in the scatterplot" and it ... gaslighted me into seeing things that are not there, as an example of Apophenia 😆😆😆 Again turning to statistical patterns as an explanation!
#EconSky 📉📈
#EconSky 📉📈
October 30, 2025 at 1:51 PM
I then clarified that "I am not referring to the incident. I see in fact a gorilla in the scatterplot" and it ... gaslighted me into seeing things that are not there, as an example of Apophenia 😆😆😆 Again turning to statistical patterns as an explanation!
#EconSky 📉📈
#EconSky 📉📈
First, it blamed me for referencing a well-known controversial incident regarding an older version of Google's image recognition and labeling technology, which mistakenly applied the label "gorilla" to images of African-Americans. 🤯
#EconSky 📉📈
#EconSky 📉📈
October 30, 2025 at 1:51 PM
First, it blamed me for referencing a well-known controversial incident regarding an older version of Google's image recognition and labeling technology, which mistakenly applied the label "gorilla" to images of African-Americans. 🤯
#EconSky 📉📈
#EconSky 📉📈
Follow up questions "can you do some interesting analysis", accepting to do statistical tests and "what about correlations" finally lead to the point where it suggested to plot (bingo! I thought) the data #EconSky 📉📈
October 30, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Follow up questions "can you do some interesting analysis", accepting to do statistical tests and "what about correlations" finally lead to the point where it suggested to plot (bingo! I thought) the data #EconSky 📉📈
Given widespread LLM usage by students, I decided to ask Google Gemini for help (free version, 2.5 flash). When I uploaded the datasets and asked "What can you conclude from these datasets?" it did not do much beyond simple (incorrect) summaries #EconSky 📉📈
October 30, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Given widespread LLM usage by students, I decided to ask Google Gemini for help (free version, 2.5 flash). When I uploaded the datasets and asked "What can you conclude from these datasets?" it did not do much beyond simple (incorrect) summaries #EconSky 📉📈
2025 Gorilla update 👋🦍: One student found the gorilla this time around (see details in thread below). BUT, I have an AI-related update that is too good not to share ... #EconSky 📉📈
October 30, 2025 at 1:51 PM
2025 Gorilla update 👋🦍: One student found the gorilla this time around (see details in thread below). BUT, I have an AI-related update that is too good not to share ... #EconSky 📉📈
Had the privilege to catch Refused on their goodbye tour yesterday. What a blast! It’s rare to see a band with such energy, style blending, and political and audience engagement 11/10 #RefusedAreReallyFckingDead
October 8, 2025 at 6:02 AM
Had the privilege to catch Refused on their goodbye tour yesterday. What a blast! It’s rare to see a band with such energy, style blending, and political and audience engagement 11/10 #RefusedAreReallyFckingDead
The only kind of gang activity we get to see around #Wegeningen
October 4, 2025 at 8:41 PM
The only kind of gang activity we get to see around #Wegeningen
Great use case of ClaudeAI or ChatGPT: to transfer equations from a textbook to PowerPoint slides I just take a picture and ask for Latex code that can be plugged into the equation editor and converted into a perfect vector-based equation!
September 11, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Great use case of ClaudeAI or ChatGPT: to transfer equations from a textbook to PowerPoint slides I just take a picture and ask for Latex code that can be plugged into the equation editor and converted into a perfect vector-based equation!
Greatly looking forward to the next AgEconMeet session with Marc Bellemare in two weeks
September 9, 2025 at 9:58 AM
Greatly looking forward to the next AgEconMeet session with Marc Bellemare in two weeks
Just received a physical copy of the dissertation of one of my own PhD students via the internal mail system … from the other side of the building 🤣 (one elevator ride away). Gotta love bureaucracy 👏
September 8, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Just received a physical copy of the dissertation of one of my own PhD students via the internal mail system … from the other side of the building 🤣 (one elevator ride away). Gotta love bureaucracy 👏
We ended with a nice interactive discussion 👍 it was a 10/10 session in my view 💪🏻
August 29, 2025 at 11:54 AM
We ended with a nice interactive discussion 👍 it was a 10/10 session in my view 💪🏻
I focused on two things that stood out during the coding: 1) a major role for policy uncertainty and 2) introspective answers by a sub-group (9%) of respondents
August 29, 2025 at 9:17 AM
I focused on two things that stood out during the coding: 1) a major role for policy uncertainty and 2) introspective answers by a sub-group (9%) of respondents
This was A LOT of work, as we manually coded an open question detailing protest motivations, and then converged on a joint coding scheme across the 4 countries
August 29, 2025 at 8:47 AM
This was A LOT of work, as we manually coded an open question detailing protest motivations, and then converged on a joint coding scheme across the 4 countries
Final day of the #EAAE2025! Kicking it off with an organized session on analyzing farmers’ voices in the farmer protests. Great way to showcase the work we did in DE-FR-BE-NL in a great team led by Doris Läpple
August 29, 2025 at 8:43 AM
Final day of the #EAAE2025! Kicking it off with an organized session on analyzing farmers’ voices in the farmer protests. Great way to showcase the work we did in DE-FR-BE-NL in a great team led by Doris Läpple
FADN >> FSDN session at #EAAE2025. Nice to see the future dataset I will be using a lot ☺️ I was in particular impressed with the DIB linked database which will cover all relevant farm practices linked to policy at the farm level to FSDN!
August 27, 2025 at 2:34 PM
FADN >> FSDN session at #EAAE2025. Nice to see the future dataset I will be using a lot ☺️ I was in particular impressed with the DIB linked database which will cover all relevant farm practices linked to policy at the farm level to FSDN!
A special moment for me at #EAAE2025, with my former MSc thesis adviser Matty Demont (IRRI) delivering the first keynote of the day! Matty is the reason I ended up doing a PhD and staying in academia 🎓. The story on his gastronomic systems research was impressive 👏
August 27, 2025 at 9:40 AM
A special moment for me at #EAAE2025, with my former MSc thesis adviser Matty Demont (IRRI) delivering the first keynote of the day! Matty is the reason I ended up doing a PhD and staying in academia 🎓. The story on his gastronomic systems research was impressive 👏
What better way to kick off day 2 of the #EAAE2025 in Bonn than a session on “Climatic Crisis And Risk Management In Agriculture: A Behavioural Perspective” where I was kindly invited to be a discussant by session organizer Simone Cerroni 🎤
August 27, 2025 at 9:34 AM
What better way to kick off day 2 of the #EAAE2025 in Bonn than a session on “Climatic Crisis And Risk Management In Agriculture: A Behavioural Perspective” where I was kindly invited to be a discussant by session organizer Simone Cerroni 🎤
Monika Hartmann delivering the Welcome Address of the #EAAE2025 Congress in Bonn. We are celebrating 50 years of the EAAE this edition 🎉 Looking forward to 4 fruitful days 👩🏫
August 26, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Monika Hartmann delivering the Welcome Address of the #EAAE2025 Congress in Bonn. We are celebrating 50 years of the EAAE this edition 🎉 Looking forward to 4 fruitful days 👩🏫
All of this and much more is available in this working paper (currently under review). Worth checking out
August 26, 2025 at 1:32 PM
All of this and much more is available in this working paper (currently under review). Worth checking out