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Florian Keppeler @flokeppeler.bsky.social · 4d

It is great to work with this awesome team! 👐

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Elizabeth Linos @elizabethlinos.bsky.social · 12d

Super interesting interview on the use of AI in the classroom by the expert on AI and pedagogy at HKS @tedsvo.bsky.social - he's right, this is the big AI question we need to talk about more. www.wbur.org/upnext/2025/...

How one college professor uses AI in the classroom

Harvard Kennedy School Professor Teddy Svoronos is mostly optimistic on the benefits of AI in higher education.

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Florian Keppeler @flokeppeler.bsky.social · Aug 27

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Florian Keppeler @flokeppeler.bsky.social · Aug 27

@mkfeeney.bsky.social - people how can teach #beagle can teach everyone 🤪

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Florian Keppeler @flokeppeler.bsky.social · Aug 22

Hvis du har noget at spise, så fungerer det med kommandoer med enhver beagle… 🍪

Flot tysk!!! 🥰

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Peter Hald @peterhald.bsky.social · Aug 21

#WilmasVejledning i veludført vovsning:

"Hvad sker der, hvis en uimodståelig kraft møder et urokkeligt objekt?"

Beagler er berømte for opdragelsesresistens, men Wilma er opdraget af en tysker ( @flokeppeler.bsky.social ).

Tysk er et godt sprog til kommandoer!

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Feeding Wilma #dog #beagle

YouTube video by Peter Hald

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Florian Keppeler @flokeppeler.bsky.social · Aug 3

🔗 doi.org/10.1111/puar...

Wilma, PhD (Pretty helpful Dog) and #postdog 🐾
@au.dk

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Florian Keppeler @flokeppeler.bsky.social · Aug 3

➡️ Whether focusing on policy, technology, or management, fellowship programs help to place specialized talent across federal, state, and local government roles. 🏛️

💡Fellowship programs in the public sector have been successful in improving recruitment/retention of early career talents.

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Florian Keppeler @flokeppeler.bsky.social · Aug 3

➡️ In contrast to traditional public hiring, fellowships offer a more accessible and streamlined path into government, clear timelines, support, and interesting tasks. 📋

➡️ Fellows are over 30 percentage points more likely to work in government, and this effect lasts about eight years. 📈

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Florian Keppeler @flokeppeler.bsky.social · Aug 3

..fellowship programs make it possible to do so without entering uncharted waters. 🐕

The @thepeoplelab.bsky.social researchers reveal how these programs are facilitating public sector recruitment. The @pareview.bsky.social article followed over 2,000 fellows across 19 years and found:

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Florian Keppeler @flokeppeler.bsky.social · Aug 3

#Wilmasreview
Wilma 🐶 may be hesitant about making the next step, like people who people who want to take their next career step, maybe into the public sector. New research by Sciepura, Wall and @elizabethlinos.bsky.social shows that...

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Florian Keppeler @flokeppeler.bsky.social · Jul 27

...investing in collaborative human-AI diagnostic systems could significantly reduce costly errors.

🔗https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2426153122

Wilma, PhD (Pretty helpful Dog) and #postdog 🐾
@au.dk

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Florian Keppeler @flokeppeler.bsky.social · Jul 27

➡️ This performance advantage held across different medical specialties and experience levels, suggesting that the benefits of human-AI collaboration may not be limited to specific areas of medicine.

💡 For policymakers: Rather than viewing AI as a replacement for physicians, ...

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Florian Keppeler @flokeppeler.bsky.social · Jul 27

➡️ When a doctor and a computer program work together to diagnose a patient, they can make a better diagnosis than if they worked alone! 🏥
➡️ Humans and AI-tools make complementary errors. This means that diagnostic errors can be reduced through collectives of doctors and AI tools! 📊

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Florian Keppeler @flokeppeler.bsky.social · Jul 27

#Wilmasreview
Wilma 🐶 has been thinking about adding AI-teammates to her pack. Would that help her find more delicious treats?

Well, this might work for making complicated decisions, like medical diagnoses. A study by Zöller et al. shows:

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Florian Keppeler @flokeppeler.bsky.social · Jul 20

🔗 doi.org/10.1098/rsos...

Wilma, PhD (Pretty helpful Dog) and #postdog 🐾
@au.dk

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Taxing reproduction: the full transfer cost of rearing children in Europe | Royal Society Open Science

What are the intergenerational resource transfer contributions of parents and non-parents in Europe? Using National Transfer Accounts and National Time Transfer Accounts for 12 countries around 2010, ...

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Florian Keppeler @flokeppeler.bsky.social · Jul 20

💡If Europe wants to address its fertility challenges and aging population, it may want to support parents - they contribute more resources while receiving less recognition for their societal investment.

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Florian Keppeler @flokeppeler.bsky.social · Jul 20

➡️ Even Nordic countries like Sweden and Finland, known for family-friendly policies, don’t reduce this implicit tax burden on parents. These policies help parents work, but don’t lower the total cost parents pay to raise the next generation of taxpayers. 🇸🇪🇫🇮

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Florian Keppeler @flokeppeler.bsky.social · Jul 20

➡️ When you count ALL transfers (taxes, money, and time), parents contribute 2.66 times more to society than non-parents. 💰⏰

➡️ While non-parents primarily contribute through taxes, parents provide additional private transfers - mothers mainly through time, fathers mainly through money. 😰

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Florian Keppeler @flokeppeler.bsky.social · Jul 20

#Wilmasreview

Flashback: Wilma 7 years ago as a puppy 🐶 It takes a lot of effort to raise a puppy, but a human baby takes extra effort! 👶

A new study by Pieter Vanhuysse, Márton Medgyesi and Róbert Iván Gál shows:
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Florian Keppeler @flokeppeler.bsky.social · Jul 13

➡️ The effect is remarkably consistent across contexts. Whether applying for jobs, seeking college admission, or participating in research studies, the same pattern emerges. 🔬

🔗 doi.org/10.1073/pnas...

Wilma, PhD (Pretty helpful Dog) and #postdog 🐾
@au.dk @pnas.org

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Florian Keppeler @flokeppeler.bsky.social · Jul 13

➡️ People act more analytical under AI assessment. When participants knew an AI would evaluate them, they reported approaching tasks more analytically. 🤖
➡️ This behavior change stems from beliefs about AI priorities. People believe AI systems prioritize analytical characteristics. 📊

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Florian Keppeler @flokeppeler.bsky.social · Jul 13

#Wilmasreview
Wilma 🐶 tried in vain to get through this hole. She probably analyzed it wrong. Perhaps it would have been better if this had been done under AI assessment. Why?

A study by Goergen, de Bellis, and Klesse shows that...

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Florian Keppeler @flokeppeler.bsky.social · Jul 6

🔗 doi.org/10.1073/pnas...

Wilma, PhD (Pretty helpful Dog) and #postdog 🐾
@au.dk

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PNAS

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), a peer reviewed journal of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) - an authoritative source of high-impact, original research that broadly spans...

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Florian Keppeler @flokeppeler.bsky.social · Jul 6

💡 So, if people judge whether or not they deserve something based on the outcome, not the effort they put in, we may need to rethink the way we give feedback and the way we incentivize people - especially in situations where performance is heavily influenced by chance.

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