The author points out the common behavior: these people always mention the other people that they know. Membership in these elite circles is entirely based on who else you know rather than on any particular merit. Everyone is insecure and seeks constant reassurance that they still belong

Absolutely! There's something pure about Pacific NW

They need everything to be submitted only to have a template reject!

Very therapeutic! I get many ideas doing this.

Each of these capabilities exceeds human performance, and that is exactly the point. People are not good at these tasks, and this is why we need computational help.
We should be evaluating AI systems for these kinds of capabilities rather than given them IQ tests. Building AGI is a distraction end/

I think we should be building systems that complement people; systems that do well the things that people do poorly; systems that make individuals and organizations more effective and more humane. 3/

Thanks. Will check this out!

What do you mean by ready to start? Are we supposed to start now? I thought we were supposed to do that after that previous round of rejects ;)

Thanks for the shout-out to our work Alan!

Joint work with @kerstingaiml.bsky.social, Sahil, Saurabh and Wolfgang!

Mine is only at 9