LLMs Write Worse Econ Papers? Maybe Blame Sociology's Sloppy Methods
RexDouglass · x · 2026-08-24
Economist Sandro Ambuehl hypothesizes that LLMs, trained on all public papers, pull toward the mean, so they may outperform humans in fields with sloppier methods. Rex Douglass quips that economist AI skill issues could also be blamed on sociology.
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