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Socos Labs

@SocosLabs

A mad science incubator to explore the future of human potential. Co-founded by Dr. Vivienne Ming, @neuraltheory.

Berkeley, CA Katılım Ocak 2018
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Thank you Dialogue and the folks at @DukeCE for sharing Vivienne Ming's (@neuraltheory) latest research on "The Diversity Innovation Paradox." Read more about how to "Hire for the team: Diversity always does better. So why don’t we recruit for it?" lnkd.in/gKav79s3
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Our founder Vivienne Ming (@neuraltheory) was recently a guest on the new episode of The BIS: Business Integrity School with @Cindy_Moehring! Listen to her interview to learn about creating...
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Socos Labs@SocosLabs·
Join us for Mad Science Solves: Office Hours with Vivienne Ming (@neuraltheory) on April 19th! Submit questions in advance and ask her anything. Registration is free! lnkd.in/gRwcMZqw
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Our founder Vivienne Ming (@neuraltheory ) will be speaking for the University of Toronto on Saturday and you're welcome to join! Check out the link here for details: lnkd.in/ge6TUSFU
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P&I's Defined Contribution East conference launched tonight with a keynote speech from Dr. Vivienne Ming, Ph.D, co-founder and executive chair at @SocosLabs. Dr. Ming focused on her research concerning building successful teams, even during a pandemic. #DCE2022 #PIDCE2022
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Vivienne Ming
Vivienne Ming@neuraltheory·
A recent paper confirms what my work suggested, “people’s impressions of others’ faces are driven not only by [face shape and expressions] but also by learned stereotypes about social groups.” lnkd.in/deq4ggbb
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Vivienne Ming@neuraltheory·
In AI research I did years ago, smiling and youthfulness strongly correlated with femininity in Facebook profile photos—and (weirdly), glasses-wearing with East Asian-ness.
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Vivienne Ming
Vivienne Ming@neuraltheory·
And... (2) We must resist the powerful desire to add GPT-3 and automatic speech recognition to create conversational toilets. The robot revolution would begin with a justifiable uprising by gas station shitters.
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Vivienne Ming
Vivienne Ming@neuraltheory·
There are 2 important issues: (1) these systems will regularly “detect” trivial variations and transient false positives. Smart toilets must respect repeated measures, heterogeneity, interactions, and more.
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Vivienne Ming
Vivienne Ming@neuraltheory·
For a start, this prototype smart diaper acts as a “urine-sugar detection device, composed only of organic materials with a low environmental load and it can be useful for detecting postprandial hyperglycemia.” lnkd.in/gQdsKGwA
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Vivienne Ming
Vivienne Ming@neuraltheory·
Fuck your flying cars and jet packs! Give me an AI-powered toilet hunting for pre-diabetes and 1,000 other conditions.
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Vivienne Ming
Vivienne Ming@neuraltheory·
Across labor markets, “individuals more exposed to automation tend to display higher support for the radical right.” lnkd.in/gUpWqnK3 Most workers in the industrialized world believe a promise has been broken—higher productivity = a better life...and they are right.
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Vivienne Ming
Vivienne Ming@neuraltheory·
…and “fail to process the strengths of the other options.” It’s awfully hard to see value in things that you ignore, whether it's science, music, or human beings.
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