Hacker Papers

1. 251
   

   Attention is not not Explanation

   Sarah Wiegreffe, Yuval Pinter · 2019

   Hacker News threads

   • Sep 2019Attention Mechanism in Deep Learning
   • Dec 2020Ask HN: What's the best paper you've read in 2020?
   • Jan 2026The Q, K, V Matrices

   arXiv ↗
2. 252
   

   KuroNet: Pre-Modern Japanese Kuzushiji Character Recognition with Deep Learning

   Tarin Clanuwat et al. · 2019

   Hacker News threads

   • Nov 2019Machine Learning Can Help Unlock the World of Ancient Japan
   • Dec 2025The writing is on the wall for handwriting recognition
   • Apr 2026Hokusai and Tesselations

   arXiv ↗
3. 253
   

   Array Languages Make Neural Networks Fast

   Artjoms Šinkarovs et al. · 2019

   Hacker News threads

   • Apr 2021CPU-based algorithm trains deep neural nets up to 15 times faster than top GPU
   • Mar 2023HN thread 34978026
   • Jun 2024Arthur Whitney releases an open-source subset of K with MIT license

   arXiv ↗
4. 254
   

   OTEANN: Estimating the Transparency of Orthographies with an Artificial Neural Network

   Xavier Marjou · 2019

   Hacker News threads

   • Nov 2020What language do people speak in the Balkans, anyway? (2019)
   • May 2023Deseret Alphabet
   • Jul 2025Why English doesn't use accents
   • Jul 2025Why English doesn't use accents

   arXiv ↗

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