Jacob Conway

@btraut @ajambrosino I’m getting a near constant “Implement this plan?” message on Codex mobile. But otherwise still a huge fan!

Now that I've joined the Codex team, it's so freakin' cool being able to fix paper cut bugs that I was running into before the switch. What paper cuts are you running into? I'll see what I can do.

My laptop has become a “satellite device” since I started using Codex from my phone. And my Mac mini has become the “home.” It’s clunky, but the end state feels more like how we’re going to be working in the near future: I’m currently running the Codex app on 2 devices: 1. my MacBook 2. my Mac mini My laptop isn’t reliably connected to Wi-Fi enough, so I keep a Mac mini on my desk that is always connected. When I kick off new threads from my phone, I start them on the Mac mini. When I’m working from my desk, I run them there too. The cool part is that I’ve added my MacBook and Mac mini as connected devices to each other. That means I can start and resume threads from either device. So if I’m in a meeting but want to continue a thread on my laptop that was started on my Mac mini, I can do that. I’ve also set up mutual SSH for Mac mini <> MacBook, so files are easy to access from either side. It’s not fully seamless yet, but the model works. What this means: - I have an always-on Codex that is accessible from my phone, with its own dev environment - All threads are always accessible from any of the 3 devices - I can run heartbeat threads that stay on 24/7 It’s a little makeshift today, but the shape of it feels very real to me: Codex is no longer tied to whichever computer happens to be open in front of me. It starts to feel like something I can stay connected to across whatever device I’m using.

@nickbaumann_ This is awesome! Do you sync things like memories/skills across devices? Or are you keeping those intentionally tied to a specific device?

📢 CALL FOR PAPERS! Submit your research for the 2026 Stigler Center-CEPR Political Economy of Finance Conference. 📍 Chicago | 🗓️ Nov 6-7, 2026 🔎 Theme: Crony Capitalism in the 21st Century. How does concentrated wealth reshape political power and democracy today? ⏰ Deadline: June 1, 2026 Submit here: chicagobooth.edu/research/stigl… #EconTwitter #PolSci #Finance

Submit your work using AI in the social sciences to the annual AI in Social Science conference at the University of Chicago! Submissions due May 1! The conference will be held October 8-9 in Chicago, IL, USA. @BeckerFriedman @CAAI_Booth @MiiELab bfi.uchicago.edu/events/event/2…

We have just kicked off the 11th edition of the MPWZ-CEPR Text-as-Data Workshop! We will "time-travel" with LLMs, measure trust in institutions, track political narratives, and much more! 40 papers, one link: ethz.zoom.us/j/62143211732. See the program: tinyurl.com/yc2zvy7u

@cremieuxrecueil U.S. academia also often pays an extra "2/9ths" of yearly salary in the summer months

The socialists in Honduras created a thirteenth and fourteenth month. But they didn't change the calendar. So you just have to pay people twice as much by law in June and December.

@ah20im Remote control

What would you like to see in Codex?

A lot of my research works with big data and long pipelines. I wasn't able to find examples of a skill for unit tests on such environments (I'm sure it's out there though!) so my lab put one together. It has multiple modes depending on data complexity. github.com/uchicago-bfi-g…

Submit your text-as-data work by 13 March for the MPWZ-CEPR online workshop (13-14 April): tinyurl.com/2s3j8kxf We welcome submissions from all fields of economics & other social sciences that use unstructured data. with @phinifa and Sascha becker!

Applications are OPEN for our AI & Economics Summer Institute 2026. A great opportunity for Ph.D. students/post-docs to explore frontier methods in econ with researchers from leading institutions. Held in-person @ChicagoBooth. Deadline: April 1. 🔗Apply: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…

Call for papers: Advances in Industrial Organization — Apr 23–24, 2026 Liran Einav will be our keynote speaker Travel+hotel for presenters Early-career folks esp welcome! Deadline Jan 30 (decisions Feb 20) Submit: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…

2 more days to submit to our semi-annual online text-as-data workshop 📖➡️📊

Booth economist @JacobCConway shares how he's using AI to discover how consumers’ personal values shape their purchasing decisions. Read the full story: chicagobooth.edu/research/cente…

@ChicagoBooth is hiring pre-docs to support economics research across a wide range of fields. Opportunity to work with Profs. @MilenaAlmagro, @JacobCConway, @pascaljnoel, and more! bit.ly/3HsuZ6L

Aspiring researchers: come work at Chicago Booth! I'm hiring pre-doctoral fellows along with a group of Booth colleagues and our co-authors at other institutions. Positions start summer 2026. Application: chicagobooth.edu/-/media/facult… First deadline: September 8

Can AI tell if media bias comes from news outlets—or from the journalists behind the stories? @JacobCConway used machine learning to find out. This new research from @ChicagoBooth uncovers the personal politics shaping the news. Full story: chicagobooth.edu/research/cente…

Taking a stand on hot-button social issues has become more than a public relations puzzle—it may be integral to developing an effective modern business strategy. Read a new study from @ChicagoBooth's @JacobCConway: chicagobooth.edu/research/cente…

Call for Papers: The 4th Annual Zurich Workshop in AI+Economics to be held Dec 5-6, 2025, hosted by ETH Zurich and University of Zurich. illuminating keynote to be given by @testingham (OpenAI) organized with @sergallet @YanagizawaD @joachim_voth Info: eash.cc/AI-econ Submit (by Aug 15th): eash.cc/AI-econ-sub-20…

Are you PhD student interested in AI/ML & economics? Apply to the Machine Learning in Economics Summer Institute at Chicago Booth, Aug 7-13. Two-part program includes lectures from experts + 2-day conference on cutting-edge research. Deadline March 28, plz RT. Link in reply.