Suggestions for a socially valuable project that would welcome an unpaid contributor [D]

Submitted by AnthonysEye t3_z195qr in MachineLearning

I have a masters in AI and have had a few data scientist positions. I am looking for a project that would welcome a part time, unpaid contributor so I can keep my skills and cv sharp while on a professional hiatus. I am only interested in projects that have some kind of value for society, preferably open source kind of stuff. Any suggestions?

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londons_explorer t1_ixakobh wrote

Rebuild models from published papers opensource.

You learn a lot and it's very valuable for follow up research by others

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VectorSpaceModel t1_ixaztq6 wrote

This. Especially taking things that have been built in python and rebuilding in C (if you have the patience) would be great

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shawarma_bees t1_ixb5xym wrote

I run an open source, medical AI project for digital pathology called Slideflow at the University of Chicago. We’re working on developing reliable biomarkers for patients with lung, breast, and thyroid cancer, and we can always use more help! Got lots of interesting active projects - uncertainty quantification, generative models, embedded systems deployment - send me a DM if it sounds interesting!

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renato-umeton t1_ixh5aas wrote

This is amazing! Just stumbled upon Slideflow and I really like it! We run PathML out of Harvard Medical School and Weill Cornell Medicine. Would you be interested to see if there are any points of contact for collaboration? We are purposely heavy on the data engineering side and light on the deep learning sides. I look forward to hearing from you here or in DM.

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deadmanwylin t1_ixi750g wrote

Hi there, this seems really interesting. Do you think I'd be able to help volunteer as well? I'm still learning more advanced ML techniques but have a good understanding of key concepts and algorithms.

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madrury83 t1_ixaqnqk wrote

Improving the documentation and error messages on any open source project is always appreciated.

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NeuralNomd t1_ixbvciw wrote

What do you consider socially valuable? Automatic111 s stable diffusion repo is churning through multiple PRs a day as the txt2img community rocks through advancements at a break neck pace faster than I’ve ever seen.

Where as DALL-E and Midjourney and the like are closed source and require payment to use, stable diffusion projects are truly democratizing access to some of the greatest AI capabilities we’ve ever produced and giving millions of people the ability to express themselves artistically that couldn’t before.

Edit: if you want a great perspective on why this is socially valuable, listen to this interview with Stability AIs CEO https://open.spotify.com/episode/1C6LhuMgaO1hHiblOAKLBw?si=NSicHMJHSD6LS1lvSJ3FSw

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C0hentheBarbarian t1_ixbjesg wrote

Huggingface is running an open source community sprint to train whisper on various low resource languages. Take a look at their discord to find out more.

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