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
โWeekly gathering for anyone interested in formalized mathematics, theorem proving, or proof assistantsโfocused 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 ๐ Teacher is a 2020 Oscar-winning ๐ Netflix documentary ๐ฌ. It follows burnt-out ๐ซ filmmaker Craig Foster, who seeks healing โค๏ธโ๐ฉน in a South African ๐ฟ๐ฆ kelp forest ๐ฟ๐. Over a year ๐ , he free-dives ๐คฟ daily and forms a profound, emotional bond ๐ค with a wild octopus ๐, teaching him profound lessons about his life and the natural world ๐.
10 AM - 4 PM, hosted by Hailey Sherman
Come cowork with other folks interested in promoting animal welfare! โโWhy 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.โโLogisticsWe 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.โโTiming & ScheduleWe'll organize optional pomodoro sessions during the day!โโHostsThis 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 ๐ฌ Slumdog Millionaire (2008 - 92% ๐ ) follows Jamal Malik, an 18-year-old orphan ๐๏ธ from the Juhu slums ๐ of Mumbai ๐ฎ๐ณ, who appears on the Indian ๐ฎ๐ณ version of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? ๐ธ๐บ After correctly answering ๐ง nearly every question โ and reaching the final stage ๐, police ๐ฎ๐ฝโโ๏ธ arrest him ๐ on suspicion of cheating ๐ซ๐๏ธโ๐จ๏ธ. To prove his innocence ๐, Jamal recounts his harsh upbringing ๐ง๏ธ๐, revealing how his harrowing life experiences โ๏ธ๐ฅ provided the exact answers โจ๐ฏ to the quiz ๐๐ฏ
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.