When whites and minorities drive at identical speeds (according to objectively measured data from Lyft) Florida police are 24-33% more likely to issue speeding citations to minority drivers and charge them 23-34% greater fines. These are not small effects!
@erikbryn
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Economics of AI Fellowship Launches for Young Economists
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This fellowship on the Economics of AI is exactly what the field needs. Smart, young economists should study the economic implications of transformative AI (as described in the link below). Thank you @BasilHalperin
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Celebrating Scientists’ Unrecognized Contributions to Technological Progress
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I'm grateful to the thousands of physicists and other scientists for working so hard, mostly without much recognition. They make discoveries and inventions that benefit people they never meet, including future generations.
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Code Fundamentals: Why AI Development Relies on Programming
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Agreed. And even if it mainly applies to coding, that's pretty important. AI is made of code.
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Waymo Autonomous Service Launches at San Francisco Airport
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Can't wait to see Waymo service at SFO!
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Private employers add 77,000 jobs in February report
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Private employers added 77,000 jobs in February according to the ADP National Employment Report in collaboration with the Stanford Digital Economy Lab.
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Basic Research as Public Good: Knowledge Accessibility and Non-Rivalry
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Basic research is often considered a public good because the knowledge gained is generally non-excludable and non-rivalrous, meaning it's difficult to prevent others from benefiting from it, and one person's use doesn't diminish its availability to others.
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Public Investment in Basic Research Drives National Prosperity
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You don't understand me correctly. I want to build a stronger, more prosperous nation and world. A key for that is smart investments. Economics 101 is that basic research is a public good — it's not provided effectively by the private markets. America has thrived by being a
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Government Grants ROI: Defending America’s Scientific Research Funding
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Wow! This is just from one lab. The ROI on government grants is astronomical, especially when you consider that most of the value to society from basic science goes way beyond stock market valuations. Defunding one America's greatest successes is insanely bad policy.