Ali Furkan Kalay

I had the pleasure of presenting our research, ‘Social Interactions and Private Health Insurance Demand’ (collaborative work with Alicia N. Rambaldi and Christiern Rose) at the Monash University Centre for Health Economics. This paper is part of my PhD Thesis, to be soon submited to a journal. [Read More]

After reading the article “Beyond Model Collapse: Scaling Up with Synthesized Data Requires Reinforcement,” I felt compelled to write this blog post. I have strong opinions about model collapse in large language models, and my views have dramatically changed since the release of ChatGPT. Prior to ChatGPT, I did not even like the use of the term “artificial intelligence” because they are merely statistical models. While this is still true, there has been a significant leap in what LLMs can do compared to traditional machine learning or deep learning algorithms. Therefore, I now consider large language models, such as Claude,... [Read More]

I had the pleasure of presenting our research, ‘Linked Administrative Data and Estimating the Marginal Willingness to Pay for Amenities’ (collaborative work with Alicia N. Rambaldi and James Hansen) at the MUCHE internal seminars. This paper is part of my PhD Thesis, which we are currently preparing for publishing. Here is the abstract of this chapter: [Read More]

It is with great pleasure that I announce I am now officially Dr. Ali Furkan Kalay. I would like to extend my sincere gratitude to my PhD thesis advisors, Chris Rose and Alicia Rambaldi, for their unwavering support. I eagerly anticipate our continued collaborations throughout my academic career. [Read More]

I had the pleasure of presenting our research, ‘Social Interactions in the Demand for Private Health Insurance…’ (collaborative work with Alicia N. Rambaldi and Christiern Rose) at the Workshop on Economics of Health and Wellbeing. The feedback was invaluable, and I was particularly pleased to meet Randall P. Ellis from Boston University’s Department of Economics.