Offspring Magazine - The Podcast (Max Planck PhDNet)

#4-23 - Neuroscience, AI & OpenAI - ft. Dr. Jan Kirchner

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Episode notes

Tune in to our latest episode with Dr. Jan Kirchner, a member of technical staff at OpenAI, one of the most famous startups right now in Silicon Valley. We explore his career path, his application process for OpenAI and his work as a member of the alignment team. We’ll also touch on lots of other topics, ranging from cognitive science to computational neuroscience and artificial intelligence.


To find out more about, check out:

Twitter: @janhkirchner

Jan's blog: https://universalprior.substack.com/

OpenAI website: https://openai.com/


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