Economists: Stata will stay relevant a decade just to push old papers through peer review
paulnovosad · x · 2026-09-24
Economist Noel Johnson admitted "Stata becomes irrelevant as a social science tool" wasn't on his bingo card, as AI moves fast. Paul Novosad quips Stata will stay relevant for at least another ten years — just long enough to get the existing batch of papers through peer review. Both point to AI rapidly rewriting the social science research toolchain.
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