Hi there!
I’m focused on learning about the different causes of death and how to get rid of them: Viva Immortality! I organize rationality meetups in the Hampton Roads, VA area.
Willa
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So, there are supposed to be thunderstorms much of Sunday including during the meetup time according to a few different weather sites + the National Weather Service. The Pagoda is fine (very well covered) for drizzles or light rain, but might not be a great spot for heavy rain or thunderstorms. If the forecast hasn’t improved by 2pm tomorrow I’ll send an update out, we can meet at Fair Grounds instead (might be a bit cramped cause it’s a Sunday, but I can get there earlier to try to secure a good spot).
24 May Norfolk Social
17 May Norfolk Social
10 May Norfolk Social
3 May Norfolk Social
26 April Norfolk Social
Norfolk, Virginia, USA – ACX Meetups Everywhere Spring 2023
We are on the William and Mary campus: (37.2712247, −76.7129380)
We are heading outside to walk around, message on Discord to reach us.
We’re just inside of the cafe entrance on the right
Finalized Venue & Schedule:
11:00 Meet at Aromas Coffeehouse Bakery & Cafe (431 Prince George St, Williamsburg, VA 23185). If the weather is nice then we’ll likely sit outside, otherwise find us inside. I’ll wear a green shirt and a green & yellow hat.
13:00 Walk around the festival, check out the arts & music, check out the marketplace vendors, etc.
13:45 Meet back up at Aromas Coffeehouse Bakery & Cafe
14:00 Official end of the meetup
After 14:00: If I haven’t eaten already I’ll probably want to get food at this time and otherwise/then go for a walk around the town & university campus, company welcome.
April 9 Williamsburg VA Meetup, AI, and thank goodness Spring is almost upon us
If you find yourself in or near Williamsburg, Virginia on 2023/04/09 come join for a Virginia Rationalists Meetup and the Williamsburg 2nd Sundays Art & Music Festival.
This week was a bit overwhelming in AI news, with GPT-4 releasing, new Midjourney, Stanford’s Alpaca, more AI offerings from Google, Microsoft CoPilot 365, and honestly a bunch more things. I’ve spent too much time already talking with the GPT-4 version of ChatGPT given how long it’s actually been available...oh well, it’s a very useful cognitive prosthetic, I’m finding myself actually wanting to write & produce content again since drafting things got so much easier (none of this post was written by an AI, this is a casual shortform so it’s all me). I wish the AI Safety folks the best of skill in updating to account for this new burst of capabilities.
Seems that SAD knocked me out a bit for some of January and all of February (I improved my home’s lighting considerably this winter, but didn’t go far enough it seems, among other things). Temperature fluctuations in Norfolk aside, Spring is definitely starting, and I’m very happy about that. Time to touch grass and do more things outside again!
There is no overarching narrative conclusion to see here, just the end of a post :)
Cheers,
Willa
Tomorrow’s ACX Meetup will take place at Fair Grounds starting at 10:30am instead of the Pagoda due to inclement weather. Address: 806 Baldwin Ave # 2, Norfolk, VA 23517
I will get there early to secure the round table.