John Quiggin

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I'm a Professor of Economics at the University of Queensland. Work on decision theory, IO, environmental, lots more. They/their
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John QuigginFeb 26, 2023
Most countries have a "population pyramid". But Russia's adult population is more like a turnip, with very few young people and a middle aged bulge. Not a good structure if you are fighting a war
Pic is from 2020, before mass emigration, war casualties etc
John QuigginJan 27, 2023

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Why does chatGPT make up fake academic papers?

By now, we know that the chatbot notoriously invents fake academic references. E.g. its answer to the most cited economics paper is completely made-up (see image).

But why? And how does it make them? A THREAD (1/n) 🧵

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/dsmerdon/status/1618816703923912704

David Smerdon on Twitter

“Why does chatGPT make up fake academic papers? By now, we know that the chatbot notoriously invents fake academic references. E.g. its answer to the most cited economics paper is completely made-up (see image). But why? And how does it make them? A THREAD (1/n) 🧵”

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John QuigginJan 25, 2023

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Brexit Britain Update:

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/MarieAnnUK/status/1618027991459852288

Marie-Ann Detests Tories 🇺🇦 🇪🇺 🇬🇧 on Twitter

“Brexit Britain Update:”

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John QuigginJan 1, 2023

Putin aspiring to the mantle of Potemkin.

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Theater of the absurd: fake words, by a fake strongman, in front of a fake crowd #RussiaIsLosing

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/ChakhoyanAndrew/status/1609344322113085441

Andrew Chakhoyan 🇺🇦 on Twitter

“Theater of the absurd: fake words, by a fake strongman, in front of a fake crowd #RussiaIsLosing”

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John QuigginDec 31, 2022
A striking image on cohort and age effects on voting. Millennial voters in the UK and US are not following the typical pattern of growing more conservative as they age
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John QuigginDec 20, 2022
This is an example of the kind of account Musk endorses, while banning anyone who criticises him. He has turned a major public platform into a hate site. And he has the backing of most of the political right
John QuigginDec 16, 2022

Clear evidence that Twitter is doomed. Migrate now, and urge people you interact with regularly to move to the same instance of Mastodon

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Twitter bans official Mastodon account @[email protected]

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/Sosowski/status/1603533540716683264

Sos Sosowski on Twitter

“Twitter bans official Mastodon account @joinmastodon”

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John QuigginDec 14, 2022
Duolingo forgives occasional days off, but I’ve done a lesson nearly every day for a year
John QuigginDec 5, 2022

Physicians, sicken each other?

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The unmasked Immunology Conference in Melbourne has turned out to be a superspreader event…. 🤦‍♀️

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🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/patientadvAU/status/1599519913353576448

Put a Mask on it on Twitter

“The unmasked Immunology Conference in Melbourne has turned out to be a superspreader event…. 🤦‍♀️ @friendlycovid19 @ImTheN95Parody @YouAreLobbyLud @DavidJoffe64”

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John QuigginDec 4, 2022

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Give Congress' action on same-sex marriage yesterday, it's a good time to remind folks that the American public has liberalized on basically every "Culture War" issue in the last few years.

Marijuana, extramarital sex, abortion, pornography, same-sex marriage. https://twitter.com/Victorshi2020/status/1597733984041308160

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/ryanburge/status/1597963778083389442

Victor Shi on Twitter

“BREAKING: The Senate just passed the Respect for Marriage Act which protects same-sex & interracial federally. So far, 37 Republican Senators, including Mitch McConnell who's in an interracial marriage himself, voted against the bill. Gen Z is about to make their lives miserable.”

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