AI & Machine Learning

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Bayes' Theorem explained by Yudkowsky

Eliezer Yudkowsky200857 points26 commentscited by 44 details

Bayes’ Theorem for the curious and bewildered; an excruciatingly gentle introduction.

How We Made Our Face Recognizer 25x Faster

lbrandy200857 points13 comments details

This is a war story from my real day job. I work at a start-up company in Pittsburgh that does face detection, tracking, and recognition software. This particular problem involved optimization of the face recognizer.

Eliezer Yudkowsky: That Alien Message

Robin Hanson200854 points16 comments details

Imagine a world much like this one, in which, thanks to gene-selection technologies, the average IQ is 140 (on our scale). Potential Einsteins are o…