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Oh man, I just spent the last few hours writing my application and now it's asking me to complete "a 10-minute personality questionnaire, followed by a 20-minut

Oh man, I just spent the last few hours writing my application and now it's asking me to complete "a 10-minute personality questionnaire, followed by a 20-minute brain teaser"

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dawnerd 9y ago
I guess "in minutes" is subjective.
- thedatamonger 9y ago
  doesn't Einsteins theory of relativity tells us as much?
- deleted 9y ago
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- giglamesh 9y ago
  How many minutes are there in a day?
- solarkraft 9y ago
  Well, 7 hours are also some amount of minutes.
WorkLifeBalance 9y ago
"No strings attached" seems a bit disingenuous too if it requires taking aptitude and psychometric tests.
- anc84 9y ago
  Well, they need to train their AI project on something, right?
  - kristianc 9y ago
    "We can pay you $2,500, and you'll still be the product"
- ptero 9y ago
  I read it as "no strings attached on how you execute or spend once funded". They can still do their selection any way they see fit (otherwise it would be either first come first serve or random, neither of which is a good funding model). My 2c.
  - danicgross 9y ago
    Correct! Most importantly, there are no strings attached in terms of any IP rights on whatever you create.
  - asbc 9y ago
    Actually, randomly could be a good funding model. https://arxiv.org/pdf/1802.07068.pdf https://arxiv.org/pdf/1802.07068.pdf
anonu 9y ago
I guess there's no free lunch...
danicgross 9y ago
Thanks for that feedback! Since we’re hoping to scale the program one day, we’re looking for better ways to identify scientists we should support. That additional test is just an experiment. We need to do a better job communicating that upfront. Will fix now. Thanks again. Some things you can only learn from talking to your users...
mv4 9y ago
The beauty of AI work today - the technology has finally become accessible. You've got OpenCV, TensorFlow, Caffe - with tons of well-documented models and working examples. You can run them on your consumer GPU and get real, practical results. Now, I can understand Google trying to be the platform of choice (when in reality, you don't "need" them to build AI), and I can understand startups like CrowdFlower trying to get embedded in that process - but these .orgs need to be more upfront about their agendas.

Oh man, I just spent the last few hours writing my application and now it's asking me to complete "a 10-minute personality questionnaire, followed by a 20-minute brain teaser"

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dawnerd 9y ago

I guess "in minutes" is subjective.

thedatamonger 9y ago
doesn't Einsteins theory of relativity tells us as much?
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giglamesh 9y ago
How many minutes are there in a day?
solarkraft 9y ago
Well, 7 hours are also some amount of minutes.

WorkLifeBalance 9y ago

"No strings attached" seems a bit disingenuous too if it requires taking aptitude and psychometric tests.

anc84 9y ago
Well, they need to train their AI project on something, right?
- kristianc 9y ago
  "We can pay you $2,500, and you'll still be the product"
ptero 9y ago
I read it as "no strings attached on how you execute or spend once funded". They can still do their selection any way they see fit (otherwise it would be either first come first serve or random, neither of which is a good funding model). My 2c.
- danicgross 9y ago
  Correct! Most importantly, there are no strings attached in terms of any IP rights on whatever you create.
- asbc 9y ago
  Actually, randomly could be a good funding model. https://arxiv.org/pdf/1802.07068.pdf https://arxiv.org/pdf/1802.07068.pdf

anonu 9y ago

I guess there's no free lunch...

danicgross 9y ago

Thanks for that feedback! Since we’re hoping to scale the program one day, we’re looking for better ways to identify scientists we should support. That additional test is just an experiment. We need to do a better job communicating that upfront. Will fix now. Thanks again. Some things you can only learn from talking to your users...

mv4 9y ago

The beauty of AI work today - the technology has finally become accessible. You've got OpenCV, TensorFlow, Caffe - with tons of well-documented models and working examples. You can run them on your consumer GPU and get real, practical results. Now, I can understand Google trying to be the platform of choice (when in reality, you don't "need" them to build AI), and I can understand startups like CrowdFlower trying to get embedded in that process - but these .orgs need to be more upfront about their agendas.