🎓 Can LLMs really forecast—or they just remember?

Join us Sep 19 for a #AMLEDS #webinar w/ Alejandro Lopez-Lira on The Memorization Problem

🧠 Learn why masked prompts fail, recall≠forecasting & how to fix it

🔗 lnkd.in/egTakd2
📄 papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

#EconTwitter #EconSky #AI #LLM

🧠 How do firms react to global economic pressure—before policy hits?

Join us Jun 20 for the #AMLEDS #webinar w/ ‪@antonio-coppola.bsky.social‬ (Stanford GSB) on Geoeconomic Pressure. #AI + #text + #tradewars.

🔗 Register: lnkd.in/egTakd2
📄 Paper: ssrn.com/abstract=516...

#EconTwitter #EconSky #LLM

If you care about #AI, #demandestimation, #consumerchoice, #AmazonData, or making better models from real-world messiness — this one’s for you.

#EconSky #MachineLearning #TextMining #Econometrics #DataScience #DeepLearning #AMLEDS #Webinar #NLP #EconTwitter

‍🏫 Moderated by Lars Nesheim (UCL)
📄 Read the paper:
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
📍 Free & online
📅 May 23 | ⏰ 11 AM EDT
🔗 Register here: lnkd.in/egTakd2

#EconTwitter #EconSky

✨ Key takeaways:

* Text & image embeddings outperform standard models
* Reviews are the strongest predictors
* 40 Amazon categories tested
* Scalable, accurate, and flexible
#EconTwitter #EconSky

💡 The method? Use pre-trained deep learning models to extract features from product **images**, **descriptions**, and **reviews**—then estimate demand *without* needing standard product attributes. Ideal for messy real-world data.
#Econtwitter #EconSky

🚨 Can #AI estimate product demand using *just* text & images?
Join us **Friday, May 23 at 11 AM EDT / 4 PM GMT+1 / 5 PM CEST** for a live #AMLEDS webinar with **Giovanni Compiani** (Chicago Booth):
📊 “Demand Estimation with Text and Image Data”
#EconTwitter #EconSky

✨ Key insights:

Text shocks 4x more impactful than rate changes on expectations.

2x stronger effects on real interest rates.

Produces responses in line with macro models.

🔗 Register now: lnkd.in/egTakd2
📄 Full paper: handlanamy.github.io/MyFiles/Hand...

#EconTwitter #EconSky

🚨 AMLEDS Webinar – Friday, April 18
🕚 11 AM EDT / 5 PM CEST

💬 Can the #Fed move markets with #words alone? Find out in this groundbreaking #webinar with Amy Handlan (Brown) presenting "#Text #Shocks and #Monetary #Surprises," moderated by @tdecon.bsky.social

#EconTwitter #EconSky #AI #ML #NLP

🚨 Reminder: Tomorrow at 11 AM EDT / 3 PM GMT / 4 PM CET! 🚨
Join the #AMLEDS #Webinar with Sophia Kazinnik from Stanford on "Simulating the Survey of Professional Forecasters".
🔍 AI outperforms human predictions in forecasting!

🔗 lnkd.in/egTakd2
#AI #MachineLearning #EconTwitter #EconSky

🚨 Can #AI #Forecast the Economy Better than Experts? 🚨

Join us on March 21 at 11AM EDT for a #AMLEDS #webinar with Sophia Kazinnik (Stanford) on "Simulating the Survey of Professional Forecasters". AI outperforms human forecasts!

🔗 Register now lnkd.in/egTakd2

#EconSky #EconTwitter #AI #LLM

Another great #AMLEDS #webinar Friday February 14 2025 Don’t miss it!

@nathanlane.bsky.social (@ox.ac.uk) will present "The Who, What, When, and How of Industrial Policy: A Text-Based Approach"

Paper tinyurl.com/y2kvuazs

Register lnkd.in/egTakd2

#econsky #EconTwitter #Machinelearning #AI #NLP

Another great #AMLEDS #webinar Friday January 24, 2025. Don’t miss it!

Yucheng Yang (University of Zurich) will present "Deep Learning for Search and Matching Models"

Paper yangycpku.github.io/files/DeepSA...

Register lnkd.in/egTakd2

#econsky #EconTwitter #Deeplearning #Machinelearning #AI

We have a great AMLEDS webinar this Friday. Don’t miss it! #econsky