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I’ve Just Discovered the Next OpenAI to Invest In: A Mom

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Fri, 12/05/2023 - 22:00

FROM: Jason Finch, senior associate
TO: All partners, Quartz Oak Venture Fund
MEMO: Incredible early-stage startup for our AI tranche: Allison Miller

Intro: Everyone in the VC space is scrambling to find the next OpenAI and revolutionize the field. I present for your consideration the most promising investment opportunity I’ve seen in my whole time with the fund: Allison Miller. While competitors are pouring billions of dollars into incremental AI capability gains, Allison developed a multimodal general intelligence in just 9 months with 0 compute budget and only one collaborator (who just contributed some of the startup code). Extraordinary superunicorn potential.

Product: Allison’s minimum viable product is LIAM (no official explanation, but I’m guessing this may stand for Logical Intelligent Agent Model). The launch announcement is already generating massive buzz among those who’ve gotten hands-on. Key features of this state-of-the-art model include:

Adjusting for confounding (student stuff)

https://larspsyll.wordpress.com/2023/05/12/adjusting-for-confounding-student-st…
Created
Fri, 12/05/2023 - 19:31
. Simpson’s paradox is an interesting paradox in itself, but it also highlights a deficiency in the traditional econometric approach towards causality. Say you have 1000 observations on men and an equal amount of observations on women applying for admission to university studies, and that 70% of men are admitted, but only 30% of women. […]

forgiveness comics!! aka comiciveness!!

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Fri, 12/05/2023 - 17:00
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Can We Use High-frequency Yield Data to Better Understand the Effects of Monetary Policy and Its Communication? Yes and No!

https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/rdp/2023/2023-04.html
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Fri, 12/05/2023 - 11:30
Understanding the effects of monetary policy and its communication is crucial for a central bank. This paper explores a new approach to identifying the effects of monetary policy using high-frequency data around monetary policy decisions and other announcements that allows us to explore different facets of monetary policy, specifically: current policy action; signalling or forward guidance about future rates; and the effect on uncertainty and term premia. The approach provides an intuitive lens through which to understand how policy and its communication affected expectations for rates and risks during certain historical periods, and more generally.

Ok, that’s it

https://digbysblog.net/2023/05/11/ok-thats-it/
Created
Fri, 12/05/2023 - 10:00
Time for a drink Have I mentioned that the GOP is shameless? House Republicans passed a symbolic bill Thursday that would clamp down on unemployment insurance fraud. And one of the bill’s sponsors, Rep. George Santos (R-N.Y.), demonstrated the need for the legislation by getting indicted for unemployment insurance fraud this week. You cannot make this stuff up.

IST statement on the war in Sudan

https://solidarity.net.au/international/ist-statement-war-sudan/
Created
Fri, 12/05/2023 - 09:31

Once again war is ripping apart the lives of millions. A capital city is under bombardment, dead bodies litter the streets while hospitals and markets burn. It has been left to ordinary people to organise medical supplies, find water and food and risk their lives under fire to keep basic infrastructure going.

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Job satisfaction at a 36 year high

https://digbysblog.net/2023/05/11/job-satisfaction-at-a-36-year-high/
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Fri, 12/05/2023 - 08:00
But sure, bring back Orange Julius Caesar Job satisfaction hit a 36-year high in 2022, reflecting two effects of the tight pandemic labor market: The quality of jobs improved as wages and work flexibility increased, and workers moved into positions that were a better fit. Last year, 62.3% of U.S. workers said they were satisfied with their jobs, according to new data from the Conference Board, up from 60.2% in 2021 and 56.8% in 2020. The business-research organization polled workers on 26 aspects of work, and found that people were most content with their commutes, their co-workers, the physical environment of their workplace and job security. Among the happiest workers: people who voluntarily switched jobs during the pandemic and individuals working in hybrid roles with a mix of in-person and remote work. Men’s satisfaction was higher than women’s in every component, especially in areas such as leave policies, bonus plans, promotions, communication and organizational culture.

New Orleans inspired William Street Band hit King Tide stage

https://www.newsofthearea.com.au/new-orleans-inspired-william-street-band-hit-k…
Created
Fri, 12/05/2023 - 07:42

THE New Orleans street music inspired William Street band is back at Coffs Harbour’s King Tide Brewery, performing live in the lounge on Saturday 20 May, from 7pm ‘til late. The five-piece band, with four horn players and a drummer, are all Coffs Coast locals; three members living in Coffs and two from Bellingen, who...

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