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Foundation models make great predictions. How should we use them for estimation problems in social science?

New PNAS paper @susanathey.bsky.social & @keyonv.bsky.social & @Blei Lab:
Bad news: Good predictions ≠ good estimates.
Good news: Good estimates possible by fine-tuning models differently 🧵