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AI researcher details extensive COVID-19 precautions for Seoul conference trip

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An individual details their extensive precautions taken to minimize the risk of contracting and spreading infections during a trip from the UK to Seoul for the ICML 2026 Mechanistic Interpretability Workshop. The author, whose first-author paper was accepted as a spotlight presentation, describes a multi-layered approach including mask-wearing with SIP valves, COVID-19 testing, vaccination, and careful food and travel choices. Despite these measures, the author notes potential areas for improvement, such as a proper fit-test for masks and awareness of factors like beards and glasses affecting mask efficacy. AI

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AI researcher details extensive COVID-19 precautions for Seoul conference trip

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    <h2><span>Summary</span></h2><p><span>We’re a clinically vulnerable family and we take infection control very seriously. My first-author </span><a href="https://openreview.net/pdf?id=lY7mivdb4k"><span>paper</span></a><span> was accepted as a spotlight (top 23 out of 801) at the I…

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