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<blockquote style="position: relative; padding-left: 55px;"><section><a href="https://lipn.info/users/cazencott/statuses/112095664432014273">Chloé Azencott (cazencott@lipn.info)'s status on Friday, 15-Mar-2024 08:20:02 JST</a><a href="https://lipn.info/@cazencott" title="cazencott@lipn.info"><img src="https://gnusocial.jp/avatar/216767-48-20250201154656.webp" width="48" height="48" alt="Chloé Azencott" style="position: absolute; left: 0; top: 0;">Chloé Azencott</a><div><ul><li></ul></div></section><article><p>Hi ML people, do you remember the RocketAI hoax at NeurIPS 2016 in Barcelona?<br> <br><a href="https://dair-community.social/@emilymbender">@emilymbender</a> is trying to track down details, please add to her thread 👇 <a href="https://dair-community.social/@emilymbender/112095582161648879" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://dair-community.social/@emilymbender/112095582161648879</a></p></article><footer><a rel="bookmark" href="https://gnusocial.jp/conversation/2825295#notice-5608109">In conversation</a><time datetime="2024-03-15T08:20:02+09:00" title="Friday, 15-Mar-2024 08:20:02 JST">Friday, 15-Mar-2024 08:20:02 JST</time> <span>from <span><a href="https://lipn.info/@cazencott/112095664432014273" rel="external" title="Sent from lipn.info via ActivityPub">lipn.info</a></span></span><a href="https://lipn.info/@cazencott/112095664432014273">permalink</a><h4>Attachments</h4><ol><li><article><header><div>No result found on File_thumbnail lookup.</div><h5><a href="https://dair-community.social/@emilymbender/112095582161648879">Prof. Emily M. Bender(she/her) (@emilymbender@dair-community.social)</a></h5><div> from <span>Prof. Emily M. Bender(she/her)</span></div></header><div>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...</div><footer></footer></article></li></ol></footer></blockquote>

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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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  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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