Open Thread 209
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Metadata
- Published: January 31, 2022
- Source: https://www.astralcodexten.com/p/open-thread-209
- Document ID:
2022-01-31_open-thread-209_full
Category Map
Events
- Progress Studies conference (4 mentions)
Organizations
- Genomic Prediction (4 mentions)
- National Academy of Sciences (2 mentions)
- Nectome (2 mentions)
- ACX fan bulletin board Data Secrets Lox (1 mentions)
- Classifieds Forum (1 mentions)
People
- Jason Crawford (8 mentions)
- Steve Hsu (6 mentions)
- Rachel (4 mentions)
- Rob Miles (2 mentions)
- AMac78 (1 mentions)
- Rahien Din (1 mentions)
Places
- Austin (31 mentions)
Full Primary Source Text
This is the weekly visible open thread. Odd-numbered open threads will be no-politics, even-numbered threads will be politics-allowed. This one is odd-numbered, so be careful. Otherwise, post about anything else you want. Also: 1: Several good comments on the Poverty and Infant EEG post, eg Rahien Din : I can actually offer some operator-level expertise! I am a board-certified pediatric epileptologist, and can describe what EEG actually is and what it is purported to measure. And why this study is bullshit. I hit the comment length limit so this will have to be threaded out [ read more ] But see also this response by one of the study coauthors . But also, a few people including Lehm point out I was sloppy on my description of how National Academy of Sciences membership affects the requirement for peer review. And AMac78 on how much money the participants made. 2: And thanks to everyone who participated in the Classified Thread . A few highlights: - Nectome hiring a lab assistant for brain preservation work - ML engineer looking for work in AI alignment (and other ML engineers: 1 , 2 , 3 ) - Rob Miles needs volunteer writers for his AI alignment explainer project - Steve Hsu’s Genomic Prediction needs coders and data scientists - Rachel was my wedding photographer and is very good, hire her for your photos - Jason Crawford’s holding a Progress Studies conference in Austin March 4-6. - Lots of cool people to date - Or if dating isn’t your style, how about a nice calculus textbook ? If you missed the Classifieds thread, you can always use the Classifieds Forum on the unofficial ACX fan bulletin board Data Secrets Lox.