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Christopher Barrie

@cbarrie.bsky.social

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Assistant Professor of Sociology, NYU. Core Faculty, CSMaP. Research Fellow Oxford Sociology. Computational social science, Methods, Conflict, Communication. Webpage: cjbarrie.com

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Christopher Barrie @cbarrie.bsky.social · Dec 17

Pleased to share the latest version of my paper with Arthur Spirling and @lexipalmer.bsky.social on replication using LMs

We show:

1. current applications of LMs in political science research *don't* meet basic standards of reproducibility...

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Christopher Barrie @cbarrie.bsky.social · 1h

hahaha oh God now I feel pathetic. also thank you

Christopher Barrie @cbarrie.bsky.social · 1h

This got two, *two*, likes and I think it's the funniest thing I've ever posted

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Chris Bail @chrisbail.bsky.social · 15h

New jobs for computational social scientists at UNC and USC: unc.peopleadmin.com/postings/307... amd uscjobs.sc.edu/postings/194...

Assistant Professor

This Assistant Professor position will teach graduate and undergraduate courses, conduct research in the field of Sociology, participate in departmental service, and mentor graduate students.

unc.peopleadmin.com

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Christopher Barrie @cbarrie.bsky.social · 19h

As a new arrival in the US I can confirm this is a thing. I plan to train my own AI agent to sleep for me going forward

Herb Scribner @herbscribner.bsky.social · 19h

Hack — Sleep on vacation.

Americans Are Using PTO to Sleep, Not for Vacation—Report

An Amerisleep.com survey revealed that 37 percent of Americans used vacation days in the past year just to rest.

www.newsweek.com

Christopher Barrie @cbarrie.bsky.social · 1d

Best newsletters for AI research? Students are asking for recs

Christopher Barrie @cbarrie.bsky.social · 3d

Guess what's better than your dog having diarrhea?

Your dog having diarrhea when you've left the house while the robo vacuum is running so it can smear it around the entirety of your apartment.

I have pictures but I think my account would get suspended

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Christopher Barrie @cbarrie.bsky.social · 4d

Wasn't lying

Christopher Barrie @cbarrie.bsky.social · 5d

Ok you win

Christopher Barrie @cbarrie.bsky.social · 5d

You win some you lose some: yeah my daughter woke up at 5am but at least the dog had also shit all over the living room during the night

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Christopher Barrie @cbarrie.bsky.social · 5d

Hearing that she made sure to sit in the wings of the plane

The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 5d

When Maria Branyas Morera died last year, aged 117 and still in relatively good health, she was the oldest person on Earth. But how?

A new study provides some clues.

How to live to 117? Researchers find clues in the world’s oldest woman.

A new study offers clues about what made Maria Branyas Morera exceptional — and what it could mean for the rest of us.

www.washingtonpost.com

Christopher Barrie @cbarrie.bsky.social · 6d

Thank you!

Christopher Barrie @cbarrie.bsky.social · 7d

Thanks!

Christopher Barrie @cbarrie.bsky.social · 7d

good openly accessible qualitative interview question response transcript datasets?

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Christopher Barrie @cbarrie.bsky.social · 7d

Me talking to myself as I walk to give my Week 5 Seminar

Christopher Barrie @cbarrie.bsky.social · 8d

Goodnight NYC

Christopher Barrie @cbarrie.bsky.social · 8d

My 14 m/o daughter just switched on the record player and the new CMAT album was on and now she's bopping to it in her own and brb my heart is melting

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Andreu Casas @andreucasas.bsky.social · 8d

🚨Hiring a fully funded (3.5 years) PhD for the @ldnsocmedobs.bsky.social to research social media and politics. Candidates should have quantitative/computational skills and/or be interested in content curation/moderation. UK home candidates only unfortunately. www.royalholloway.ac.uk/media/hquftp...

www.royalholloway.ac.uk

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Christopher Barrie @cbarrie.bsky.social · 10d

Update: I just ordered a framed version of this.

But I did also go to the gym.

This is the start of my online generative art empire

Christopher Barrie @cbarrie.bsky.social · 10d

I am spending my Saturday morning making Mondrian-inspired Schelling model visualizations instead of going to the gym

Christopher Barrie @cbarrie.bsky.social · 10d

I am spending my Saturday morning making Mondrian-inspired Schelling model visualizations instead of going to the gym

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Christopher Barrie @cbarrie.bsky.social · 14d

Just realised I had this on my whiteboard while I took office hours and honestly I can explain

Christopher Barrie @cbarrie.bsky.social · 14d

ChatGPT's response to my exploratory questioning about the state of the research in sycophantic AI:

> love this question — it’s exactly the kind of frontier-y thing that needs careful methods + a bit of audacity

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Christopher Barrie @cbarrie.bsky.social · 15d

Daycare: it's very important that your child come every day in order to establish a rhythm in early weeks.

Also daycare: in week 2 of daycare, we will be having two days off for Rosh Hashanah.

Christopher Barrie @cbarrie.bsky.social · 15d

Thank you! That's v kind, Chris

Christopher Barrie @cbarrie.bsky.social · 15d

Whatever is going!

Christopher Barrie @cbarrie.bsky.social · 15d

Anyone know where I can get the last 100 years or so of Hansard parliamentary speech in UK w/o having to pay for They Work For You or process a bunch of XML?