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Chloé Azencott (cazencott@lipn.info)'s status on Friday, 15-Mar-2024 08:20:02 JST Chloé Azencott
- Prof. Emily M. Bender(she/her)
Hi ML people, do you remember the RocketAI hoax at NeurIPS 2016 in Barcelona?

@emilymbender is trying to track down details, please add to her thread 👇 https://dair-community.social/@emilymbender/112095582161648879
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  Prof. Emily M. Bender(she/her) (@emilymbender@dair-community.social)
  
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  So .... at NeurIPS 2016 (or maybe 2015) there was apparently a prank/hoax presentation where some researchers presented a fake pitch for an 'AGI' company and were (reportedly) surprised when it wasn't uniformly perceived as a joke. I saw the pitch deck in late 2017, but don't have a copy. I'd love to track down more details of this story. Hoping my network here on the Fedi can help out...

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