natewilmers.bsky.social
Working on wage inequality, economic sociology, unions, and work. associate professor @MITSloan.
👤 Joined on 29 September 2023
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@nwilmers.bsky.social@nwilmers.bsky.social → @natewilmers.bsky.socialStarting today, I’m a tenured professor at Stanford. I’m thrilled and grateful to my generous mentors and brilliant students. www.linkedin.com/posts/matthe...
Show PostThanks! Having a Claude subscription I use it mostly in interaction, letting it to produce code but run it myself. I have the (cohort-related) feeling I’m still on the wheel more than when I would use Code or Cowork. A matter of time I guess.
Show PostNew survey on tool use in quantitative social science: "AI-assisted research" now refers to radically different practices depending on whether you've crossed over to agents or are stuck with old chatbot interfaces.
Show PostSuper interesting to see! But man, my first reaction is that “a couple months ago” was like completely different era of AI adoption for research.
Show PostAn interesting corollary, in my view, is figuring out when this approach does NOT work easily. For instance, I imagine deploying a survey instrument, running a structural model for days, adding personal/niche anecdotes, or deviating from the template are examples where the factory would struggle.
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