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Ingar Haaland@Ingar30·1d

Do you run Qualtrics surveys? Then use my GitHub repo to automate the whole process with Codex! Tell Codex what you want to study, and it will create the survey, push to the survey to Qualtrics and generate synthetic responses, download and clean the data, and produce a set of slides summarizing the process.🧵with complete guided example!

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Claes Bäckman@ClaesBackman·1d

@MichelaTincani I mostly use Claude Code, but the Codex app is also very good! I like to be able to see the files at the same time, so that moved me towards Claude code in VS code

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Michela Tincani@MichelaTincani·1d

@ClaesBackman I initially started using codex in VSCode, but then I tried the app and never went back.

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Claes Bäckman@ClaesBackman·2d

And if you prefer to use Codex instead of Claude Code, here is translated version of the practical guide guide: lnkd.in/eaJPR4xZ I also had Claude and Codex work together to write a comparison between the two: lnkd.in/e4SR9REU

Aniket Panjwani@aniketapanjwani

I put together a short practical guide for economists who want to use Claude Code, but who haven't gotten around to trying yet. The goal is to reduce the start-up costs by using Claude Code within VS Code.

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Claes Bäckman@ClaesBackman·2d

Amazing idea by @aniketapanjwani to turn this into a readable transcript. AI is changing the way that we communicate by reducing the cost for e.g. making websites.

Stanford recently livestreamed a 3.5 hour conference with leading economists (@Susan_Athey , Matt Gentzkow, and @ahall_research , among others) on "Empirical Work in the Age of AI" I turned the whole thing into a readable transcript, separated by talk. You can pass the whole thing to your coding agent to extract exactly what is useful for you. Check it out here!: aieconomist.io/resources/empi…

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Claes Bäckman@ClaesBackman·2d

Another plug for my short practical guide to getting started with Claude Code. I hope it’s useful!

I put together a short practical guide for economists who want to use Claude Code, but who haven't gotten around to trying yet. The goal is to reduce the start-up costs by using Claude Code within VS Code.

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Claes Bäckman@ClaesBackman·2d

@arindube Fully agreed. I worry that focusing too much on producing whole papers with AI will make people miss the real, productivity-improving use of AI. Using AI to eg format CVs for grants is really valuable. Brief plug for a piece on the boring case for AI: open.substack.com/pub/claesbackm…

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Arin Dube@arindube·3d

In contrast, Claude Code or Codex can really cut the time to code painfully routine coding by 80%. Non-routine stuff maybe by still 30%. That's a real gain. It can't produce deep insights, but it can really help. I wish we focused on this type of productivity gains instead of the breathless singularity discourse that just permeates this platform when it comes to AI.

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Arin Dube@arindube·3d

AI and economics research To date, I've seen a lot more on how AI can help revolutionize economics research than I've seen how concretely AI made new research happen in economics. In my own experience, I've had Claude Code markedly increase my productivity by cutting down on coding time. But it has failed to give me a single new economic insight. (I've tried.)

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Claes Bäckman@ClaesBackman·4d

@nealemahoney For the feeling at full time! But it’s a heavy price we pay, this pulse reading is like 5 minutes after full time

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Neale Mahoney@nealemahoney·4d

@ClaesBackman Why do we do this to ourselves lol

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Neale Mahoney@nealemahoney·4d

I am 10 years older

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Claes Bäckman@ClaesBackman·6d

@alexolegimas @lukestein @GoogleDeepMind @ShaneLegg Congrats, well deserved!

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Alex Imas@alexolegimas·6d

Some news: This week I am starting at @GoogleDeepMind as Director of AGI Economics on @shanelegg’s team. I will be joining the other amazing cross-disciplinary scientists researching AGI there. My team will study how frontier AI could reshape the economy: what happens to work and labor, how wealth and power are distributed, how institutions adapt, how AI agents shape markets, and what kinds of models can help us reason clearly about futures that may look very different from the past. I’m incredibly excited to help build this research agenda. If AGI changes how society operates, economics is going to be critical for shaping our shared future. Many more announcements soon.

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Mihail Velikov@VelikovMihail·25 Nis

This discussion prompted me to add a "Recent" page to my "guide-of-guides". Up to 146 sources at this point. Chronological order might be the easiest way to keep track. velikov-mihail.github.io/ai-econ-wiki/

Nice! The guides for economists are growing in number, time to put them all in a place maybe?

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Claes Bäckman@ClaesBackman·27 Nis

@ttmonk Thanks Thomas!

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Thomas Monk@ttmonk·27 Nis

i'm biased (Claes recommends my Stata Workbench extension, github.com/tmonk/stata-wo…) - but a super useful guide for economists getting into AI within workflows we already use

I put together a short practical guide for economists who want to use Claude Code, but who haven't gotten around to trying yet. The goal is to reduce the start-up costs by using Claude Code within VS Code.

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Claes Bäckman@ClaesBackman·25 Nis

@joefrancis505

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joseph francis@joefrancis505·25 Nis

When I said "No more replications," I meant "No more replications except from the 10 I am running concurrently in Claude Code." Infidels, repent.

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Claes Bäckman@ClaesBackman·24 Nis

@Moxzy4Jesus Yes absolutely.

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Akintola Adeola@Moxzy4Jesus·24 Nis

@ClaesBackman Does it also works for windows users?

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Claes Bäckman@ClaesBackman·24 Nis

I put together a short practical guide for economists who want to use Claude Code, but who haven't gotten around to trying yet. The goal is to reduce the start-up costs by using Claude Code within VS Code.

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Claes Bäckman@ClaesBackman·24 Nis

@JeremyNguyenPhD Thanks for sharing!

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Jeremy Nguyen ✍🏼 🚢@JeremyNguyenPhD·24 Nis

Claude Code for Academic Economists Short, practical guide for all kinds of researchers (not just economists). If you haven't gotten around to trying Claude Code for your research, this simple, written guide gets you productive in under an hour. Thank you @ClaesBackman!

I put together a short practical guide for economists who want to use Claude Code, but who haven't gotten around to trying yet. The goal is to reduce the start-up costs by using Claude Code within VS Code.

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Claes Bäckman@ClaesBackman·24 Nis

@antoniomele101 Thanks! I have put a bunch of guides for research and AI on my website, but I have to admit that I’m not really keeping up with all the new ones! claesbackman.com/resources.html

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Antonio Mele@antoniomele101·24 Nis

Nice! The guides for economists are growing in number, time to put them all in a place maybe?

I put together a short practical guide for economists who want to use Claude Code, but who haven't gotten around to trying yet. The goal is to reduce the start-up costs by using Claude Code within VS Code.

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Claes Bäckman@ClaesBackman·24 Nis

@dmytroomelian It certainly changed how I write my papers now! It's a very useful program!

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domelian@dmytroomelian·24 Nis

@ClaesBackman love this most econ people i know are still stuck in stata / rstudio land getting them into vscode with claude code feels like a one time switch that changes how they do every paper after

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Claes Bäckman@ClaesBackman·24 Nis

If you've been curious about agentic AI for empirical work but wary of the setup friction, this should get you from zero to productive in about an hour. Let me know if anything is missing or unclear!

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Claes Bäckman@ClaesBackman·24 Nis

It covers: • A 5-step install with what you need to get going. • Which file formats Claude reads and which need a conversion step first • How to initialize a CLAUDE.md files to give Claude persistent context • What Skills are, and how to use them

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