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Published · transcript-backedBrendan Foody: belief
7 Jan 2026 Conversations with Tyler Brendan Foody on Teaching AI and the Future of Knowledge Work
“I think that the largest way that these deep domain experts can help to contribute to the advancement of AI is defining the evals.”
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- Brendan Foody
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- 7 Jan 2026
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- Conversations with Tyler
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…Now, I’ve argued in economics that the leading economics journals should take their referee reports and the submissions and send them somewhere, arguably here. Would that be useful to you? It certainly would. It’s something we’ve talked about a bunch in the past. I think that the largest way that these deep domain experts can help to contribute to the advancement of AI is defining the evals. When we have these phenomenal tests for model capabilities — whether in economics, law, or other domains — it’s amazing how fast the researchers can hill climb them and optimize around them. So, more help in building these tests and sending them to us and other labs is extremely impactful. Those are nonprofits, those institutions. Why don’t they just send it to you now for free? Do you have a theory of this?…
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