12 PM - 6 PM, hosted by Winter Ku, Austin Chen
A half day cozy unconference consisting of attendee-led sessions, games, talks, activities, workshops, puzzles, art, and whatever else you bring!
7 PM - 9:30 PM, hosted by James Burrell, Luke Atkins
Reading and discussing classic machine learning papers as well as contemporary research!
8 PM - 9 PM, hosted by Radoslav Kirov
Weekly gathering for anyone interested in formalized mathematics, theorem proving, or proof assistants—focused on Lean. No lectures or talks, just collaborative project work. Beginners welcome!
6 PM - 7:15 PM, hosted by Louka Ewington-Pitsos
a paper reading club but we deep dive into benchmarks This session: ProgramBench, on which the best SOTA model (gpt-5.5) scores just 1/200. It's growing very rapidly in GitHub stars https://www.star-history.com/?repos=facebookresearch%2FProgramBench%2Charbor-framework%2Fterminal-bench&type=date&legend=top-left and raises questions such as:
6:30 PM - 11 PM, hosted by Rachel Shu
Kick off festival season with a casual early-bird drink. 6pm @ The Crafty Fox
10 AM - 7 PM, hosted by Robin Goins
Come cowork with other festivalgoers at Mox!
7:15 PM - 9 PM, hosted by Jennifer Baik, Hailey Sherman
Run Time: 1hr 30min My Octopus 🐙 Teacher is a 2020 Oscar-winning 🏆 Netflix documentary 🎬. It follows burnt-out 😫 filmmaker Craig Foster, who seeks healing ❤️🩹 in a South African 🇿🇦 kelp forest 🌿🌊. Over a year 📅, he free-dives 🤿 daily and forms a profound, emotional bond 🤝 with a wild octopus 🐙, teaching him profound lessons about his life and the natural world 🌍.
10 AM - 4 PM, hosted by Hailey Sherman
Come cowork with other folks interested in promoting animal welfare! Why this event? Mox and Sentient Futures are building a dedicated animal welfare hub in San Francisco. Our goal is to draw together a core nucleus of animal welfare organizations in a way that strengthens the entire movement.LogisticsWe will send the door code to access the space the day before the event.When you arrive, take the stairs up to the 4th floor.Timing & ScheduleWe'll organize optional pomodoro sessions during the day!HostsThis event is co-hosted by Mox and Sentient Futures. Hailey Sherman, Sentient Futures' Founding Technical Resident, who previously worked on an animal sanctuary with over 100 farm animals, will lead pomodoros! Journalists: You are welcome to attend, but conversations at this event are off-the-record unless otherwise stated.
1 PM - 5 PM, hosted by Nate Sternberg
We'll be discussing one recent and one classic ACX (technically SSC) post. See the LW post for details: https://www.lesswrong.com/events/YucS5hMXaDkPmimfQ/san-francisco-acx-meetup-first-saturday-hzqk
7 PM - 8:30 PM, hosted by Jennifer Baik
The world has limited resources: time, money, energy. Given that, how can we do the most good possible? That's the core question behind Effective Altruism (EA), a growing global movement that applies evidence and reason to figure out how to help others as much as possible. This is a newcomers meetup! No prior knowledge needed, no jargon, no pressure. Just a curious, welcoming group of people exploring one big question together: how can we actually make a dent in the world's most pressing problems? What to expect:
1 PM - 5 PM, hosted by Eric Lanigan
9 AM - 9 AM, hosted by Rachel Shu
Damn that was fun. Pancakes? Mimosas?
9 AM, hosted by Robin Goins
7 PM - 9 PM, hosted by Jennifer Baik
Run time: 2 hours 🎬 Slumdog Millionaire (2008 - 92% 🍅) follows Jamal Malik, an 18-year-old orphan 🏚️ from the Juhu slums 🛖 of Mumbai 🇮🇳, who appears on the Indian 🇮🇳 version of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? 💸📺 After correctly answering 🧠 nearly every question ❓ and reaching the final stage 🏆, police 👮🏽♂️ arrest him 🚔 on suspicion of cheating 🚫👁️🗨️. To prove his innocence 😇, Jamal recounts his harsh upbringing 🌧️💔, revealing how his harrowing life experiences ⛓️🔥 provided the exact answers ✨🎯 to the quiz 📝💯
6:30 PM - 8:30 PM, hosted by Robin Goins
7:30 PM - 9 PM, hosted by Gordon Seidoh Worley
A talk by Gordon Seidoh Worley on rigorous truth-seeking in the squishy, vibe-y domains.