AI drives surge in cyberattacks

Scholar power: 80.1%

Story's scientific field profile

Economics 39%, Computer science 28%, Business 22%, Law 11%

Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
🎓 John Quiggin	36%	55	80.1%

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John Quiggin

@johnquiggin.bsky.social

Some deeply unimpressive uses for AI agents in this gushing NY Times article

Jumping the queue for scarce bookings. Will last as long as it takes the site to block bots and ban people who use them

October 27, 2026 at 9:06 PM

by International Monetary Fund

82%

Scholar power: 82.7%

Story's scientific field profile

Economics 39%, Computer science 28%, Business 22%, Law 11%

Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
🎓 International Monetary Fund	39%	50	82.7%

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68.0%

24.3 h

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0.419

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by Konstantin Sonin

34%

Scholar power: 34.2%

Story's scientific field profile

Economics 39%, Computer science 28%, Business 22%, Law 11%

Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
🎓 Konstantin Sonin	19%	36	34.2%

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9.0 h

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34.2%

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0.213

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Reposted by Adam S. Posen, Brendan Nyhan

30%

Scholar power: 30.3%

Story's scientific field profile

Economics 39%, Computer science 28%, Business 22%, Law 11%

Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
🎓 Adam S. Posen	49%	33	28.1%
🎓 Brendan Nyhan	3%	51	2.1%
Total			30.3%

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13.5 h

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30.3%

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0.203

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Reposted by Tyler Cowen

25%

Scholar power: 25.0%

Story's scientific field profile

Economics 39%, Computer science 28%, Business 22%, Law 11%

Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
🎓 Tyler Cowen	40%	39	25.0%

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53.0%

9.1 h

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25.0%

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0.145

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Reposted by Christopher McCabe

17%

Scholar power: 17.7%

Story's scientific field profile

Economics 39%, Computer science 28%, Business 22%, Law 11%

Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
🎓 Christopher McCabe	28%	40	17.7%

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62.0%

16.3 h

351

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0.143

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Beefeater Fella

@beefeaterfella.bsky.social

The AI bubble has burst in China, with investors losing $480 billion, according to Reuters. The STAR50 index, which tracks technology companies, has plummeted by 40% in just a couple of months.

1/2

October 27, 2026 at 8:57 AM

by Stefan Schleicher

27%

Scholar power: 27.0%

Story's scientific field profile

Economics 39%, Computer science 28%, Business 22%, Law 11%

Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
🎓 Stefan Schleicher	26%	12	27.0%

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0.141

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Stefan Schleicher

@stefanschleicher.bsky.social

www.nytimes.com/2026/10/27/b...

In the A.I. ‘Robogym,’ Machines Train to Be More Like Humans

Germany’s Neura is one of the companies at the forefront of efforts to use artificial intelligence in robotics, and crucial to whether Europe can close the gap with China.

www.nytimes.com

October 27, 2026 at 8:04 PM

by Pedro Domingos

66%

Scholar power: 66.0%

Story's scientific field profile

Economics 39%, Computer science 28%, Business 22%, Law 11%

Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
🎓 Pedro Domingos	24%	84	66.0%

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53.0%

27.5 h

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66.0%

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0.133

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by Brian M. Lucey

117%

Scholar power: 117.7%

Story's scientific field profile

Economics 39%, Computer science 28%, Business 22%, Law 11%

Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
🎓 Brian M. Lucey	45%	76	117.7%

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54.0%

18.6 h

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117.7%

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0.123

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Brian Lucey

@brianmlucey.bsky.social

AI is solving fundamentally important theorems and propositions in math and increasingly physics and revolutionising academic research in tons of areas.

But here it's non stop screaming about stochastic parrots, cheating machines, plagiarism etc
The disconnect is pretty wild

October 27, 2026 at 6:37 AM

by Pedro Domingos

66%

Scholar power: 66.0%

Story's scientific field profile

Economics 39%, Computer science 28%, Business 22%, Law 11%

Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
🎓 Pedro Domingos	24%	84	66.0%

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20.2 h

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66.0%

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by Konstantin Sonin

34%

Scholar power: 34.2%

Story's scientific field profile

Economics 39%, Computer science 28%, Business 22%, Law 11%

Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
🎓 Konstantin Sonin	19%	36	34.2%

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54.0%

9.3 h

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0.089

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by Brian M. Lucey

117%

Scholar power: 117.7%

Story's scientific field profile

Economics 39%, Computer science 28%, Business 22%, Law 11%

Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
🎓 Brian M. Lucey	45%	76	117.7%

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49.0%

17.3 h

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117.7%

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0.099

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Brian Lucey

@brianmlucey.bsky.social

Oh absolutely this

October 27, 2026 at 7:56 AM

Reposted by Niclas Berggren

7%

Scholar power: 7.9%

Story's scientific field profile

Economics 39%, Computer science 28%, Business 22%, Law 11%

Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
🎓 Niclas Berggren	15%	28	7.9%

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6.7 h

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Reposted by Richard Socher

26%

Scholar power: 26.0%

Story's scientific field profile

Economics 39%, Computer science 28%, Business 22%, Law 11%

Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
🎓 Richard Socher	27%	93	26.0%

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23.1 h

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0.053

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by Mark Edele

5%

Scholar power: 5%

Story's scientific field profile

Economics 39%, Computer science 28%, Business 22%, Law 11%

Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
🎓 Mark Edele	-	13	-

Mark Edele

@edelemark.bsky.social

“And globally the AI boom is expected to last for at least another year.” So much for long term strategic thinking 😳
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/o...

Chinese markets lose trillions as race for AI supremacy with US takes its toll

Lack of profits and the threat posed by western countries are raising concern about the sustainability of Beijing’s AI boom

www.theguardian.com

October 27, 2026 at 7:14 PM

by Marina Jirotka

25%

Scholar power: 25.9%

Story's scientific field profile

Economics 39%, Computer science 28%, Business 22%, Law 11%

Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
🎓 Marina Jirotka	15%	33	25.9%

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Marina Jirotka

@marenka.bsky.social

www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

UK government met 137 businesses over AI datacentres – but no environmental groups

Investigation finds dozens of ministers and civil servants moved into AI roles as government developed datacentre expansion plans

www.theguardian.com

October 27, 2026 at 3:40 PM

by James F. McGrath

4%

Scholar power: 4%

Story's scientific field profile

Economics 39%, Computer science 28%, Business 22%, Law 11%

Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
🎓 James F. McGrath	-	8	-

James F. McGrath (ReligionProf)

@religionprof.bsky.social

This is my quote of the week (maybe month or year).

“Folks, if you are trying to keep people from using AI because of data center use, protesting on meta platforms is a pretty ironic life choice.”

- Lisa Meece

October 27, 2026 at 8:45 PM

by Pedro Domingos

66%

Scholar power: 66.0%

Story's scientific field profile

Economics 39%, Computer science 28%, Business 22%, Law 11%

Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
🎓 Pedro Domingos	24%	84	66.0%

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by Mor Naaman

28%

Scholar power: 28.4%

Story's scientific field profile

Economics 39%, Computer science 28%, Business 22%, Law 11%

Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
🎓 Mor Naaman	13%	53	28.4%

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14.8 h

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0.043

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Mor Naaman

@informor.bsky.social

The second part of that paragraph is even more pointed: "Why hire human writers, lawyers or doctors when AIs are not only cheaper, but also absolve employers whenever they make a mistake?"

Wolfie Christl @wchr.bsky.social · 15h

"AI agents are agents of the person or organization that deploys them—and should be treated by the law as such. ... To allow businesses to hide behind the excuse of faulty AI ... would introduce disastrous incentives for corporate misbehavior"
www.schneier.com/blog/archive...

AI and Liability - Schneier on Security

Earlier this month, a German court ruled that Google is liable for its AI search summaries. Rejecting defenses like “users can check for themselves,” and that they generally know “that information gen...

www.schneier.com

October 27, 2026 at 10:25 AM