This is so interesting! Text analysis has come a long way. The analysis helps me understand why I dislike Krugman's columns so much, beyond my impatience with an economist spending more time writing about politics instead of economics.
Krugman can write a good explainer on a variety of econ-related topics, but what detracts is it's always to a polemical end. I take the polemics with a grain of salt.
If this was just a chat, I am a bit sceptical that ChatGPT actually ran any code at all… if you use the “work” mode, you can actually get it to produce the computer code that does the job. Models can still easily be given implicit permission to fantasise, AFAIK.
I did an in-depth analysis with ChatGPT Work. It mostly matched up with your post, as your writing show more joy and Krugman's show more anger. But Hanson had the highest net (dictionary) sentiment score, and Cowen still didn't show up as worried, or even that much focus on worrisome topics!
This is so interesting! Text analysis has come a long way. The analysis helps me understand why I dislike Krugman's columns so much, beyond my impatience with an economist spending more time writing about politics instead of economics.
Does anyone outside democratic partisans like reading Krugman?
Doubtful. I'm a left-leaning independent, and I can't stand Krugman.
Ya. And he’s probably not widely read than those 3 combined.
Krugman can write a good explainer on a variety of econ-related topics, but what detracts is it's always to a polemical end. I take the polemics with a grain of salt.
Take it with a whole shaker full and that’s probably right…
If this was just a chat, I am a bit sceptical that ChatGPT actually ran any code at all… if you use the “work” mode, you can actually get it to produce the computer code that does the job. Models can still easily be given implicit permission to fantasise, AFAIK.
I did an in-depth analysis with ChatGPT Work. It mostly matched up with your post, as your writing show more joy and Krugman's show more anger. But Hanson had the highest net (dictionary) sentiment score, and Cowen still didn't show up as worried, or even that much focus on worrisome topics!
https://www.zappable.com/p/an-in-depth-analysis-of-caplan-and
I enjoy Cowen. His pragmatism towards AI is refreshing as we search for a balance between productivity and constraint.
I'd be curious to see Cowen's Free Press and maybe older Bloomberg columns factored in. Less pithy and more comparable in format to the other writers.