A curated survival guide for drowning in AI papers
A community-maintained index of local ML groups, arXiv tools, and YouTube channels for staying current without losing your mind.

What it does This repo is essentially a well-organized bookmark dump: a table of 30+ country-based AI/ML communities (from Argentina to Vietnam), plus a “Run on Start” section listing Reddit subs, arXiv portals, paper trackers like arXiv Sanity and PapersWithCode, and a dozen YouTube channels. The author admits it is “by no means exhaustive” and actively solicits contributions.
The interesting bit The local-community angle is the quiet workhorse here. Instead of yet another list of US-centric Twitter accounts, it surfaces meetups and Facebook groups in Bratislava, Riga, Karachi, and Ho Chi Minh City. For a field that talks endlessly about “global AI,” the resources are often surprisingly provincial; this at least attempts to correct the bias.
Key highlights
- 30+ country-specific communities with member-suggested links
- Curated arXiv entry points across CV, AI, learning, NLP, and evolutionary computing
- Tools for finding code implementations: CatalyzeX (with browser extensions), PapersWithCode
- Paper-monitoring services: Deep Learning Monitor, 42Papers, ML Treats
- YouTube channels ranging from 3Blue1Brown’s visual intuitions to Yannic Kilcher’s paper walkthroughs
Caveats
- Many links are Facebook groups and Meetup pages; longevity is uncertain
- The README is a static list with no automation or RSS feeds
- Some YouTube channel descriptions are truncated in the source
Verdict Worth a star if you are early in your ML journey or relocating to a new city and want to find your local tribe. Skip it if you already have a finely-tuned Zotero-and-Twitter pipeline; this is a starting point, not a power tool.