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Small Bets, Costly Signals

L. "Magpie" Pinette

I worked as a Machine Learning Engineer, attempted a linguistics PhD, and taught English to Koreans and Turks. I'm now pursuing self-employment & writing about that here, as well as AI, cogsci, and life in a world we made but aren’t made for.

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  • L. "Magpie" Pinette

    I worked as a Machine Learning Engineer, attempted a linguistics PhD, and taught English to Koreans and Turks. I'm now pursuing self-employment & writing about that here, as well as AI, cogsci, and life in a world we made but aren’t made for.

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