https://xitter.cf/t.co/Gh2TwqEjCz Econ prof @OxfordEconDept, econometrics, inequality, machine learning, politics. @maxkasy@mastodon.social

Oxford(UK), Vienna (AT)
Joined January 2014
💥 📚 Next step on the book journey:📚💥 "The Means of Prediction - How AI Really Works (and Who Benefits)" is now in the UChicago Press catalog, and available for pre-order online!!! press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books…
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Reinforcement Learning: Theory and Algorithms rltheorybook.github.io/rlthe… (Theory behind RL techniques used in RLHF) Theoretical Perspectives on Knowledge Distillation: A Review wires.onlinelibrary.wiley.co… (Introduction to model distillation) 5/5
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Reinforcement Learning from Human Feedback rlhfbook.com/ (Engineering aspects of fine-tuning models to objectives from human feedback or verifiable rewards) 4/5
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This creates opportunities for local / democratic control: - Take open-weight foundation models - Fine tune for local / democratically chosen objectives using RL. Here some useful reading recs: 2/5
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Thread: Key developments in AI / LLMs 1. reinforcement learning (RL, from human feedback or verifiable rewards), 2. open weight models; some based on distillation of commercial models, not far behind commercial alternatives. 1/5
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Thread: Key developments in AI / LLMs 1. reinforcement learning (RL, from human feedback or verifiable rewards), 2. open weight models; some based on distillation of commercial models, not far behind commercial alternatives. 1/5
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Reinforcement Learning: Theory and Algorithms rltheorybook.github.io/rlthe… (Theory behind RL techniques used in RLHF) Theoretical Perspectives on Knowledge Distillation: A Review wires.onlinelibrary.wiley.co… (Introduction to model distillation) 5/5
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Jetzt offiziell verfügbar, in deutscher Übersetzung: "Die Mittel der Prädiktion Wie KI wirklich funktioniert (und wer davon profitiert)" suhrkamp.de/buch/maximilian-… In guter Gesellschaft im aktuellen @suhrkamp.de Katalog :-)
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Aujourd'hui dans L'Echo (@lecho, Belgique): lecho.be/opinions/general/ma…
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Aujourd'hui dans L'Echo (@lecho, Belgique): lecho.be/opinions/general/ma…
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A guide for economists writing a literature review who want to summarize evidence, incorporate covariates, and adjust for selectivity, from @p_ganong, Avik Garg, and @maxkasy nber.org/papers/w35403
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New paper with @p_ganong & Avik Garg: From literature review to effect prediction for a new context - allowing for effect heterogeneity & publication bias. maxkasy.github.io/home/files…
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