Study: Evolutionary forces are behind collective discrimination
Prof. Andrew Lo and co-author created a mathematical model of natural selection on behavior to study the controversial idea of “group selection."
Prof. Andrew Lo and co-author created a mathematical model of natural selection on behavior to study the controversial idea of “group selection."
Study finds that over 25 years, while large-scale renewables lower residential electricity prices, state electric rate structures can cause rooftop solar to drive up costs for non-solar households.
“When Combinations of Humans and AI Are Useful” is the first large-scale meta-analysis conducted to better understand when human-AI combinations are useful in task completion, and when they are not.
Across history, some bursts of lending to companies and individuals, or so-called "credit booms," have led to busts, while others haven't.
A cost-benefit analysis demonstrates how minimum wage enforcement structures in the US and the UK incentivize noncompliance and quantify the policy changes needed to protect workers.
“Overall, it seems like there have been substantial commitments that have not really translated into meaningful changes in these banks’ business models."
A paper in Nature suggests that the higher quantity of social media policy enforcement for conservative users could be explained by the higher quantity of misinformation shared by those users.
The studies describe new methods for accelerating drug approvals during pandemics and for providing more accurate measures of the probabilities of success for clinical trials of vaccines.
American voters hold opposing politicians to strict standards of factuality but support their favorite politicians as long as their statements express a “deeper truth” they support.