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caxco93yesterday at 5:09 PM5 repliesview on HN

Sneaky way of gathering a mailing list of AI people


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vmg12yesterday at 7:05 PM

You aren't thinking big enough, this is how he trains a model that detects prompt injection attempts and he spins into a billion dollar startup.

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aleph_minus_oneyesterday at 5:33 PM

What you are looking for (as an employer) is people who are in love of AI.

I guess a lot of participants rather have an slight AI-skeptic bias (while still being knowledgeable about which weaknesses current AI models have).

Additionally, such a list has only a value if

a) the list members are located in the USA

b) the list members are willing to switch jobs

I guess those who live in the USA and are in deep love of AI already have a decent job and are thus not very willing to switch jobs.

On the other hand, if you are willing to hire outside the USA, it is rather easy to find people who want to switch the job to an insanely well-paid one (so no need to set up a list for finding people) - just don't reject people for not being a culture fit.

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Zekioyesterday at 7:21 PM

I sent it with a fake email with his own name, so eh

cuchoiyesterday at 6:10 PM

you can use a anonymous mailbox, i won't use the emails for anything

PurpleRamenyesterday at 5:17 PM

Even better, the payments can be used to gain even more crucial personal data.

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