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Ben Radford

@benradford.bsky.social

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Computational social science, machine learning, Bayesian stats, political conflict, forecasting, cybersecurity, international relations. www.benradford.com

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Ben Radford @benradford.bsky.social · 6d

His catchphrase is "I didn't even break a sweat 😏🍸"

Ben Radford @benradford.bsky.social · 19d

OMG yes I've been saying this! I would pay so much for an email service that charges the sender $0.05 per incoming message

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Ben Radford @benradford.bsky.social · 21d

Drug War 2: Kenvue Inc

Ben Radford @benradford.bsky.social · 22d

Ok it was the first one

Ben Radford @benradford.bsky.social · 28d

Even odds between complaining about unclear gender signage on latrines versus surrendering NATO command to Russia

Bell @pocono.bsky.social · 28d

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Ben Radford @benradford.bsky.social · 26d

Is this not a right censored duration model problem? mc-stan.org/docs/stan-us...

Truncated or Censored Data

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Ben Radford @benradford.bsky.social · 28d

Even odds between complaining about unclear gender signage on latrines versus surrendering NATO command to Russia

Bell @pocono.bsky.social · 28d

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Hegseth orders rare, urgent meeting of hundreds of generals, admirals

The Pentagon has summoned military officials from around the world for a gathering in Virginia. Top generals and their staffs don’t know the reason for the meeting.

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Kevin Reuning @reuning.bsky.social · 28d

Im begging the NYT to spend time talking to people who actually teach and work at universities. Especially ones that don't have billion dollar endowments.

My issues are AI use, crumbling infrastructure, vanishing staff, unfunded state mandates, a customer service model of education...

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Ben Radford @benradford.bsky.social · Sep 22

Please please please let all the university presidents see Disney and learn how easy it is

Ben Radford @benradford.bsky.social · Sep 20

Oops I meant Calley

Ben Radford @benradford.bsky.social · Sep 20

I think soldiers under Callum were charged but not convicted for Mai Lai

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Andy Halterman @ahalterman.bsky.social · Sep 19

Very excited that my paper with @katakeith.bsky.social is now out in @polanalysis.bsky.social. We investigate whether LLMs actually follow the instructions/definitions provided in codebooks, propose some diagnostics, and release a new evaluation dataset.
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Codebook LLMs: Evaluating LLMs as Measurement Tools for Political Science Concepts | Political Analysis | Cambridge Core

Codebook LLMs: Evaluating LLMs as Measurement Tools for Political Science Concepts

www.cambridge.org

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Dr Abeba Birhane @abeba.bsky.social · Sep 16

what are the most widely read digital newspapers by web traffic across the US and EU? do you know of any current repositories?

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Ben Radford @benradford.bsky.social · Sep 13

Oh wow yeah I completely forgot to circle back to the UAP attack. 13yo Ben would be so ashamed

Ben Radford @benradford.bsky.social · Sep 13

NASA maybe finding life on Mars doesn't even make the cut, huh?

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Ben Radford @benradford.bsky.social · Aug 22

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Ben Radford @benradford.bsky.social · Aug 22

Congratulations!

Ben Radford @benradford.bsky.social · Aug 22

I swear If I ever find out who's telling my students they need to test models with ViFs...

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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · Aug 21

New job ad: Assistant Professor of Quantitative Social Science, Dartmouth College apply.interfolio.com/172357

Please share with your networks. I am the search chair and happy to answer questions!

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Ben Radford @benradford.bsky.social · Aug 21

Skills & tools that nobody teaches you but that pay for themselves many times over in social sciences:

1. regex
2. Linux
3. Selenium & beautifulsoup
4. Git
5. SQL

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Ben Radford @benradford.bsky.social · Aug 15

Learn to love regex. Don't let ChatGPT steal the joy that could be yours