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Open Thread 404

This is the weekly visible open thread. Post about anything you want, ask random questions, whatever. ACX has an unofficial subreddit , Discord , and bulletin board , and in-person meetups around the world .

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This is the weekly visible open thread. Post about anything you want, ask random questions, whatever. ACX has an unofficial subreddit , Discord , and bulletin board , and in-person meetups around the world . Most content is free, some is subscriber only; you can subscribe here . Also: 1: Meetups this week include Leipzig, Newark, Copenhagen, Hong Kong, Toronto - see the meetup post for more information. 2: All nonbook review prizes should be taken care of - people who earned subscriptions should have them, people who earned money should have gotten emails asking how I should send it to them. If this isn’t true, email or otherwise contact me. 3: I’m still working with Manifund on getting money to grantees, expect an email about this soon. 4: I’m now using my Substack recommendations tab to highlight contest winners’ Substacks. That means I’ve removed all previous recommendations. If that was you, sorry - I still like your Substacks and will link to them when you make posts I like; I just want to make room to promote up-and-coming bloggers. 5: Advertisement: Free in-person AI futures conference in London on November 2 (the organizers told me to call it an “unconference”, but I have never been able to figure out a difference, and refuse to cooperate in the use of this word). See here for more info and RSVP instructions. 6: Advertisement: 2024 ACX grantee Alexander Putilin working on the EEG entrainment study replication is looking for study volunteers in London. He says: The study “Learning at your brain’s rhythm: individualized entrainment boosts learning for perceptual decisions” claims that entrainment (flashing a bright white light) at a person’s individual peak alpha frequency helps them learn to distinguish between two types of patterns faster. I’m replicating this study & I’ve collected data from 5 participants. I’m looking for 5 more volunteers in London to dedicate four hours of their time (split into two two-hour chunks) willing to experience some perceptual learning while providing their brainwave data. To see what it’s like, watch this short video of the demo . To participate, fill in the form — I’d greatly appreciate your help. More information about the project is in the form description. The code for the project is available on Github . The results will be published on my psychotechnology Substack.