AI Tools & Comparisons

Comparing AI tools (ChatGPT, Claude, Cursor, NotebookLM) and choosing the right one for the job.

Summaries

Tool Selection

• Guide to Which AI — Decision framework for the agentic era
• ChatGPT vs Claude — Blattman's head-to-head comparison

Specific Tools

• Using LLMs with Cursor — Golub on Cursor for economics research (Markus Academy Ep. 154)
• Refine.ink — Golub on Refine.ink for academic writing (Markus Academy Ep. 154)
• coarse.ink — Open-source AI paper reviewer (~$2/review) by Van Dijcke
• NotebookLM — Blattman on Google's NotebookLM for research
• Sign of the Future: GPT-5.5 — Mollick: PhD paper from 4 prompts, models/apps/harnesses frame

Codex Ecosystem

• Academic Research Skills for Codex (ARS-Codex) — Codex-native port of ARS as a single suite skill

Collaboration & Resources

• LLM Collaboration — Korinek's guide to effective human-LLM collaboration
• Awesome Econ AI Stuff — Curated resource list for economists using AI