Vibe coding in statistics

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I’m not sure if this AI trend will last or not, but vibe coding is coding (writing a computer program) by simply prompting a large language model (an LLM, e.g., ChatGPT) to write the code. Software developers are concerned that LLMs are coming for their jobs, and vibe coding is understandably a serious concern if…

Thoughts on AI as a statistician

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(A follow up to this post. ) The development of AI tools for performing statistical analysis and training machine learning models is concerning to me. Will the tools hit a point where a user can simply state an analysis (like a prompt in a LLM), provide some data, and the AI will take over? Can…

Example of AI user error

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I was sent a mathematical formula for the estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) by a colleague (the medical/biological details and background of the formula are unnecessary). He copied the formula from an AI summary from a search engine (Google I think). A screen shot is below. The formula he sent is related to a formula…

Material possessions can be experiences

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This paper made the news a few years ago, suggesting that purchasing experiences provides greater in the moment happiness over purchasing a material possession. I found papers on this topic going back many years. Here is one (the link to the pdf is here) from 2009 supporting this hypothesis. As with many things in human…

The cost of a free dog: vet bills

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In the summer of 2005 I became the owner of black lab mix from a coworker. Or she took ownership of me. Either way the dog was free. Her name was Lucy and she was a great dog. A very good girl. The kind of dog that makes it hard to get another, since no…