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ThisIsMyStonerAcount OP t1_iyb59jw wrote

Reply to comment by learn-deeply in [D] I'm at NeurIPS, AMA by ThisIsMyStonerAcount

Most haven't happened yet, so I don't know. GResearch is throwing one at a boat this year, which for now sounds like the most exciting thing this conference as far as Parties go. I.e., FlowRider's not gonna show up again, those times are over, now it's mostly about trying to get people to mingle. I hope the PhD students still party it up amongst themselves, but if so, I wasn't invited.

Apart from that, the biggest news in the ML research social sphere is that the 42. annual Workboat Show will begin tomorrow on the other side of the convention center. Everybody saw their big posters and everyone is talking about them. It's this year's inside joke. If no-one acknowledges them in keynotes or the end-of-conference speech, I'll be heavily disappointed.

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pm_me_your_pay_slips t1_iybpgrm wrote

Flo-rida and the intel nerds trying to be cool unveiling what looked like a GPU was definitely a low point

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mtocrat t1_iycqxw4 wrote

companies throwing money around like there's no tomorrow is a high point for people who like money and are working in the industry or aspiring to.

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snekslayer t1_iybow9b wrote

Can I join these parties as a industry researcher? Or are there only for phd students?

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ThisIsMyStonerAcount OP t1_iybpgkt wrote

They are for everyone who gets an invite. How selective those are and who gets one depends on the company. The general rule is that the more hireable you are, the more they'll be interested in inviting you. The best way to know about them is to talk to the people at the expo booths. Some are very public, e.g. Google let's everyone in who scans the QR code at their booth in time. On the other hand at GResearch you had to sweet talk the recruiter. I stopped talking to the booth people long ago, so I miss out on most events.

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Cheap_Meeting t1_iybzc8v wrote

Did you hear about any parties on Thursday. Apparently Google, OpenAI and DeepMind are all tomorrow.

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joimintz t1_iycfcus wrote

I heard some hedge funds are doing their parties on Thursday…

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