Andreas OrtmannLemonade and the question of (laboratory) evidenceI published this article on December 18, 2017 here. I reproduce it here as is, with the addition of the graph below. Ariely was Lemonade’s…Jun 26Jun 26
Andreas OrtmannThe Current Australian Debate over Nuclear Energy.Note: A few updates and additional references at the end.Jun 23Jun 23
Andreas Ortmann“pardon the ignorance, Why is it essential to substantiate statements for investors?”My LinkedIn correspondent reacted to this post of mine:Jun 16Jun 16
Andreas OrtmannElections to the European Parliament — a preliminary post mortemEuropeans just elected a new European Parliament.Jun 10Jun 10
Andreas OrtmannAre AI chatbots behaviorally similar to humans?Mei et al. (PNAS 2024) report a “Turing test” of whether AI chatbots are behaviorally similar to humans by having them play six different…May 21May 21
Andreas OrtmannOn AI agents and their limitations in experimental workCame across an intriguing paper by a colleague of mine in the School of Information Systems and Technology Management here at UNSW. A…May 18May 18
Andreas OrtmannHumans are Large Language Models, only better.As I have been reading and discussing large language models, I find I’ve learned as much about us humans as I have about the AI that…May 12May 12
Andreas OrtmannIn memoriam Seth Roberts (1953–2014)I published this tribute ten years ago here.Apr 25Apr 25
Andreas OrtmannOn that recent Publishing Economics study: How Slow? Why Slow? Is Slow Productive? How to Fix Slow?The long time that it takes in economics for papers to go from submission to acceptance and publication has been a long-known and…Mar 121Mar 121
Andreas OrtmannAbout that new mega-study on the effectiveness of honesty oathsYou might have heard about that new megastudy pre-print, currently — to judge from the formatting — under review at Nature or one of its…Mar 9Mar 9