AI has all the signs of something that could lead to labor legislation reform: rapid technical change, significant (negative) impacts on workers/the middle class, with the potential for a few in society to capture the overwhelming majority of gains. /end

The disparity in wealth and degrading labor conditions gave rise to industrial unions. Furthermore, comparative industrial relations work has shown that the middle class plays a key role in shaping labor law because they have the political clout and resources to demand greater protections. /3

100 years is a long pattern, but past instances of technical change are instructive: the industrial revolution did not raise workers' incomes for nearly 100 years. While some became very wealthy, the middle class witnessed extended working hours and degrading labor conditions. /2

Looks like the computer science undergrads are about to get a lot of free food.

And how private companies will step in to provide data to their preferred researchers. Gig companies did this with great success — no doubt AI companies will do the same. qz.com/1367800/uber...

Given the owners deep concerns about competitive balance, how about this? Research finds that distributing non-gate revenue based on team performance and reducing the time to free agency will both increase competitive balance in MLB.
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The PBA collective agreement expired in July. If Mamdani wins, Adams can sign a new contract giving the PBA whatever it wants — just as Trump did with ICE after the 2020 election.

I tend to think of social media as a never ending academic conference: people can promote their work, network, brand build, etc. It’s both a new form of labor and, as you point out, created an alternative job market signal outside of disciplinary structures.

My lab is crowdsourcing journal review times to increase transparency in academic publishing. If this journal is on Manuscript Central, would you upload it to the Coauthor project website? coauthor.fly.dev Thanks!

I think this is right. Tech elites have largely insulated themselves from the economic consequences of their actions. Yet they are deeply bothered by social pressure, criticism, or isolation. So they use money to shape culture (eg influence elections, buy social media platforms, etc.).

My lab built the Coauthor plugin to help people make informed decisions about how long they will wait for a manuscript decision.

Would you be willing to upload your manuscript data from this journal?

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I agree this is an important issue -- and the Coauthor dashboard will soon display the average number of rounds before a paper is accepted.

If you have suggestions for other metrics that may be useful, let me know. We are always looking for new ways to improve the dashboard.

Thanks!

Stories like this are why my lab started the Coauthor Project. If this was a manuscript central submission, can you upload it to the dashboard?

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My memory on this is a bit fuzzy, I remember hearing that today, independent voters are more likely to vote for the same party in consecutive elections than those who identified with a party 40-ish years ago.

Len Sherman and team from Columbia business school have just released this excellent report on Uber's pricing and pay which reflects many of the same trends we observed: len-sherman.medium.com/how-uber-bec...