Interesting historical tidbit: Hendricus G. Loos, known for his patents on mind control tech, had a paper at the very first NeurIPS (then NIPS) in 1987, titled "Reflexive Associative Memories" (PDF)

Interesting historical tidbit: Hendricus G. Loos, known for his patents on mind control tech, had a paper at the very first NeurIPS (then NIPS) in 1987, titled "Reflexive Associative Memories" (PDF)