Luca
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Luca is a recurring person in the Astral Codex Ten archive, appearing 3 times across 3 issues between November 04, 2022 and April 01, 2026. The archive places it in contexts such as “Luca is looking for help getting a US visa from Argentina”; “Contact: Luca”. It most often appears alongside ACX, Australia, India.
Metadata
- Category: People
- Mention count: 3
- Issue count: 3
- First seen: November 04, 2022
- Last seen: April 01, 2026
Appears In
- ACX Grants: Project Updates
- Meetups Everywhere 2025: Times and Places
- Meetups Everywhere Spring 2026: Times & Places
Related Pages
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- ACX (3 shared issues)
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- Australia (3 shared issues)
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- India (3 shared issues)
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- Italy (3 shared issues)
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- Scott (3 shared issues)
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- Seattle (3 shared issues)
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- Turkey (3 shared issues)
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- 131 Colonie Center (2 shared issues)
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- 200 Degrees (2 shared issues)
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- Aaron Kaufman (2 shared issues)
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- ACX (2 shared issues)
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- ACX MEETUP (2 shared issues)
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Source Context
Recovered passages from the original issue text. When the raw archive preserved outbound links inside the source passage, they are listed directly under the quote.
20: Microbes From Beetles That Can Digest Plastics (5/10) Lucas J. Kirschman is working with beetles that (thanks to unusual gut microbes) can digest otherwise undigestable “forever” plastics; he wants to evolve the beetles and microbes to be better at this. He writes “I have hired a graduate student who is using the project as her MS thesis. We have three lines of beetles (control, +polystyrene, and +polyethylene) in a climate-controlled room and we’ve constructed a tiered breeding system that allow us to distinctly separate our generations, it’s similar to the system described here. The parental generation bred successfully, and we are raising the first filial generation, which should begin pupating by the time this published to the website. We have removed the guts from the P and F1 generation for 16S sequencing of the microbiota. Before the end of November 2022, we will choose subsamples from each treatment in the F1 generation, compare their metabolisms when we give them only plastics to eat for a week, and then attempt to isolate gut microbes that can survive in vitro using plastic as their only carbon source.”
Inline links: described here
39: Help Luca De Leo Get Started In AI Safety Research (8/10) This one was an ACXG+ Grant, funded by an anonymous outside funder and not listed in the original announcement. Luca reports that “I'm 90% sure that filling in that form for ACX is the most pivotal thing I'll ever do” and that he was able to get started in AI safety research and now has an internship at an AI charity incubator. He is currently working remotely and would be like to know if anyone has advice about getting a US visa from Argentina; if you know how to help, contact me and I’ll refer you to him.
Luca is looking for help getting a US visa from Argentina - if you can help, contact me at scott@slatestarcodex.com and I’ll put you in touch with him.
Contact: Lucas Contact Info: lucas_acx_meetup_lyon[a t]fastmail[period]com Time: Saturday, September 6th, 4:00 PM Location: Parc de la tête d'or, à côté de la prairie aux daims. Nous aurons deux serviettes grises/brunes au sol et "ACX" écrit sur un carnet ou une feuille. Parc de la tête d'or, next to the "prairie aux daims". We will have two brown/grey towels on the ground and "ACX" written on a notebook or a piece of paper Coordinates: https://plus.codes/8FQ6QVF2+GW Group Link: Il y a un télégram ACX Lyon, si vous voulez être ajoutés envoyez moi un mail. There is a telegram group for ACX Lyon, if you want to be added shoot me an email.
Inline links: https://plus.codes/8FQ6QVF2+GW
Contact: Luca Contact Info: luc[period]petrolati[a t]gmail[period]com Time: Sunday, October 5th, 4:00 PM Location: Piazza Santo Stefano, in front of the Basilica Coordinates: https://plus.codes/8FPHF8RX+V9
Inline links: https://plus.codes/8FPHF8RX+V9
Contact: Luca Contact Info: mail[@]lucapizzagalli[.]com Time: Friday, May 8th, 7:00 PM Location: The Singularity Co-Working Cafe Coordinates: https://plus.codes/7QQ32GV8+PC2
Inline links: https://plus.codes/7QQ32GV8+PC2
Contact: Lucas Contact Info: lucas_acx_meetup_lyon[@]fastmail[.]com Time: Saturday, May 2nd, 4:00 PM Location: Parc de la tête d’or, à côté de la prairie aux daims. Parc de la tête d’or, near the prairie aux daims. Coordinates: https://plus.codes/8FQ6QVF2+GW Group Link: Il y a un groupe télégram, envoyez moi un mail et je vous enverrais le lien. There is a telegram group, shoot me a mail and I’ll send you the link Notes: No RSVP needed, if you’re reading this you’re invited, don’t hesitate to come! Most people that came in previous meetups can talk french and english. Pas besoin de RSVP, si vous lisez ça vous êtes invitez, n’hésitez pas à venir ! La plupart des gens qui sont venus aux meetups d’avant peuvent parler français et anglais.
Inline links: https://plus.codes/8FQ6QVF2+GW
Contact: Luca Petrolati Contact Info: luc[.]petrolati[@]gmail[.]com Time: Sunday, April 12th, 4:45 PM Location: We’ll gather up at the pub “Fabrik”, Via Augusto Righi 32e. I’ll be waiting at the entrance carrying a sign saying “ACX MEETUP” Coordinates: https://plus.codes/8FPHF8XW+GG Notes: Feel free to come and propose a topic of conversation, or just come to have a chat with intellectually interesting people
Inline links: https://plus.codes/8FPHF8XW+GG