Hacker Papers

1. 301
   

   Unpaired Image-to-Image Translation using Cycle-Consistent Adversarial Networks

   Jun-Yan Zhu et al. · 2017

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   • Jan 2018Unpaired Image-To-Image Translation Using Cycle-Consistent Adversarial Networks
   • Mar 2017Unpaired Image-to-Image Translation using Cycle-Consistent Adversarial Networks
   • Apr 2017Unpaired Image-to-Image Translation using Cycle-Consistent Adversarial Networks
   • Jan 2019This clever AI hid data from its creators to cheat at its appointed task
   • May 2019TensorFlow Graphics: Computer Graphics Meets Deep Learning

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2. 302
   

   Teaching Machines to Read and Comprehend

   Karl Moritz Hermann et al. · 2015

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   • Jun 2015DeepMind: Teaching Machines to Read and Comprehend
   • Jun 2015Teaching Machines to Read and Comprehend – Deepmind [pdf]
   • Jun 2015Google Deepmind – Teaching Machines to Read and Comprehend [pdf]
   • Jun 2015DeepMind uses the Daily Mail as a huge training corpus for text comprehension
   • Dec 2015Teaching Machines to Read and Comprehend [pdf]
   • Feb 2016Go, Marvin Minsky, and the Chasm That AI Hasn’t yet Crossed
   • May 2016IBM is not doing "cognitive computing" with Watson

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3. 303
   

   Skip-Thought Vectors

   Ryan Kiros et al. · 2015

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   • Jun 2015Skip-Thought Vectors
   • Aug 2015Google Is Working on a New Type of Algorithm
   • Sep 2015Inferring Algorithmic Patterns with Stack
   • Nov 2015Why Neurons Have Thousands of Synapses: a Theory of Sequence Memory in Neocortex
   • Mar 2016Tensorflow Implementation of Deep Visual Analogy-Making

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4. 304
   

   The Design and Implementation of XiaoIce, an Empathetic Social Chatbot

   Li Zhou et al. · 2018

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   • Jan 2019Design and Implementation of XiaoIce, an Empathetic Social Chatbot (2018) [pdf]
   • Dec 2020An AI Girlfriend Seducing China’s Lonely Men
   • Jan 2023Ask HN: Can you crowdfund the compute for GPT?
   • Mar 2023Prompt to bypass the restrictions of Bing Chat or to restore the old “Sydney”
   • Nov 2023Grok

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5. 305
   

   Quantum attacks on Bitcoin, and how to protect against them

   Divesh Aggarwal et al. · 2017

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   • Nov 2017Quantum attacks on Bitcoin, and how to protect against them [pdf]
   • Dec 2017Quantum attacks on Bitcoin, and how to protect against them (ECDSA, SHA256)
   • Jul 2019Quantum attacks on Bitcoin, and how to protect against them
   • Nov 2017Ask HN: Where do you think Bitcoin will be by 2020?
   • Jan 2018NIST Post-Quantum Cryptography Round 1 Submissions
   • Apr 2018Quantum Computers Pose Imminent Threat to Bitcoin Security
   • Jun 2018I'm Scott Aaronson, quantum computing/computational complexity researcher. AMA

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6. 306
   

   Streaming End-to-end Speech Recognition For Mobile Devices

   Yanzhang He et al. · 2018

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   • May 2019Federated Learning
   • Nov 2019Bringing Google Live Transcribe's Speech Engine to Everyone
   • Jul 2020Show HN: Open-source online speech recognition
   • Nov 2020Show HN: LibreASR – An On-Premises, Streaming Speech Recognition System

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7. 307
   

   Depth from Videos in the Wild: Unsupervised Monocular Depth Learning from Unknown Cameras

   Ariel Gordon et al. · 2019

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   • Apr 2019Changes to Models S and X allow them to travel longer without larger batteries
   • Aug 2019Camera vs. Lidar
   • Jun 2020Gated Linear Networks
   • Aug 2020Open Problems in Robotics

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8. 308
   

   A quantum-inspired classical algorithm for recommendation systems

   Ewin Tang · 2018

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   • Jul 2018A quantum-inspired classical algorithm for recommendation systems
   • Jul 2018Teenager Finds Classical Alternative to Quantum Recommendation Algorithm
   • Jul 2018Teenager Finds Classical Alternative to Quantum Recommendation Algorithm
   • Jul 2018Teenager Finds Classical Alternative to Quantum Recommendation Algorithm
   • Jul 2018Teenager Finds Classical Alternative to Quantum Recommendation Algorithm
   • Sep 2019Proof emerges that a quantum computer can outperform a classical one
   • Nov 2019Quantum advantage, or a practical demonstration that quantum computers work

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9. 309
   

   What is the Computational Value of Finite Range Tunneling?

   Vasil S. Denchev et al. · 2015

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   • Dec 2015What Is the Computational Value of Finite Range Tunneling?
   • Dec 2015What Is the Computational Value of Finite Range Tunneling?
   • Dec 2015What Is the Computational Value of Finite Range Tunneling?
   • Dec 2015When can Quantum Annealing win?
   • Dec 2015Google, NASA: Our quantum computer is 100M times faster than normal PC
   • Dec 2015Google, D-Wave, and the case of the factor-10^8 speedup
   • May 2016Google Announced their D-Wave 2X Quantum Computer Works (2015)
   • Sep 2016D-Wave Founder's New Startup Combines AI, Robots, and Monkeys in Exo-Suits

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10. 310
    

    Antisocial Behavior in Online Discussion Communities

    Justin Cheng et al. · 2015

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    • Apr 2015Antisocial Behavior in Online Discussion Communities [pdf]
    • Apr 2015Internet trolls: Proactive policing
    • Apr 2015Internet trolls: Proactive policing
    • Apr 2015Internet trolls: Proactive policing
    • Jun 2015European court decision: Websites are liable for users’ comments
    • Jun 2015Fighting spam with Haskell
    • Aug 2016News Feed FYI: Further Reducing Clickbait in Feed

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11. 311
    

    Unexpected biases in the distribution of consecutive primes

    Robert J. Lemke Oliver, Kannan Soundararajan · 2016

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    • Mar 2016Unexpected biases in the distribution of consecutive primes
    • Mar 2016A previously unnoticed property of prime numbers
    • Mar 2016A previously unnoticed property of prime numbers
    • Jun 2016Prime After Prime
    • Feb 2020Mathematicians Discover Prime Conspiracy (2016)
    • Feb 2020Mathematicians Discover Prime Conspiracy (2016)

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12. 312
    

    Transfer Learning from Speaker Verification to Multispeaker Text-To-Speech Synthesis

    Ye Jia et al. · 2018

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    • Jun 2020Ask HN: My wife might lose the ability to speak in 3 weeks – how to prepare?
    • Jun 2020Ask HN: My wife might lose the ability to speak in 3 weeks – how to prepare?
    • Jun 2020Ask HN: My wife might lose the ability to speak in 3 weeks – how to prepare?
    • Jan 2021Descript – A collaborative audio/video editor that works like a doc
    • Sep 2021Speech Synthesis on Linux (2020)

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13. 313
    

    The Mythos of Model Interpretability

    Zachary C. Lipton · 2016

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    • Jul 2016The Mythos of Model Interpretability
    • Feb 2017Mark Cuban on Why You Need to Study Artificial Intelligence
    • Jan 2020Why are we using black box models in AI when we don’t need to? (2019)
    • Jan 2020Why are we using black box models in AI when we don’t need to? (2019)
    • Jan 2020A watershed moment for protein structure prediction
    • May 2020Explainable Deep Learning: A Field Guide for the Uninitiated

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14. 314
    

    ChauffeurNet: Learning to Drive by Imitating the Best and Synthesizing the Worst

    Mayank Bansal et al. · 2018

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    • Dec 2018Learning to Drive by Imitating the Best and Synthesizing the Worst
    • Dec 2018ChauffeurNet: Learning to Drive by Imitating the Best and Synthesizing the Worst
    • Dec 2018Waymo tests AI driving system that learns from labeled data
    • Dec 2018Waymo – Learning to Drive: Beyond Pure Imitation
    • Jan 2019Report: Tesla using behavior cloning/supervised imitation learning for Autopilot
    • Nov 2019Andrej Karpathy talks about how Tesla's NNs are structured and trained [video]

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15. 315
    

    ALBERT: A Lite BERT for Self-supervised Learning of Language Representations

    Zhenzhong Lan et al. · 2019

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    • Sep 2019Albert: A Lite Bert for Self-Supervised Learning of Language Representations
    • Jan 2020ALBERT: A Lite BERT for Self-Supervised Learning of Language Representations
    • Jan 2020Google Research: Looking Back at 2019, and Forward to 2020 and Beyond
    • Dec 2020Scaling Down Deep Learning
    • Jun 2022Albert – open-source keyboard launcher for Linux

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16. 316
    

    That is not dead which can eternal lie: the aestivation hypothesis for resolving Fermi's paradox

    Anders Sandberg et al. · 2017

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    • Jun 2017The aestivation hypothesis for resolving Fermi's paradox
    • Nov 2017That is not dead which can eternal lie
    • Oct 2023That is not dead which can eternal lie: the aestivation for Fermi's paradox
    • Jul 2017Dissolving the Fermi Paradox [pdf]
    • Jul 2017A New Theory on Why We Haven’t Found Aliens Yet
    • Jun 2018What life could be like for civilizations 1 trillion years from now
    • Oct 2018Scientists are looking for ways to put the simulation hypothesis to the test

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17. 317
    

    Lower Bounds for Multiplication via Network Coding

    Peyman Afshani et al. · 2019

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    • Mar 2019Lower bounds for the cost of multiplication via network coding
    • Mar 2019Integer multiplication in time O(n log n) [pdf]
    • Apr 2019Mathematicians Discover the Perfect Way to Multiply
    • Jul 2020Mathematicians discover a perfect way to multiply (2019)
    • Jul 2020Mathematicians discover a perfect way to multiply (2019)

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18. 318
    

    A Relatively Small Turing Machine Whose Behavior Is Independent of Set Theory

    Adam Yedidia, Scott Aaronson · 2016

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    • Jul 2023The Undecidability of BB(748): Understanding Godel’s Incompleteness Theorems [pdf]
    • May 2025What does “Undecidable” mean, anyway
    • May 2025What does “Undecidable” mean, anyway
    • Jun 2025BusyBeaver(6) Is Quite Large

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19. 319
    

    Users prefer Guetzli JPEG over same-sized libjpeg

    Jyrki Alakuijala et al. · 2017

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    • Mar 2017Guetzli: A New Open-Source JPEG Encoder
    • Mar 2017Guetzli: A New Open-Source JPEG Encoder
    • May 2017Compressing Images Using Google’s Guetzli
    • May 2018Subscription Hell

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20. 320
    

    Weight Agnostic Neural Networks

    Adam Gaier, David Ha · 2019

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    • Jan 2022Researchers Build AI That Builds AI
    • Oct 2022The AI Scaling Hypothesis
    • Oct 2022The AI Scaling Hypothesis
    • Nov 2025Reverse engineering a neural network's clever solution to binary addition (2023)

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21. 321
    

    Kek, Cucks, and God Emperor Trump: A Measurement Study of 4chan's Politically Incorrect Forum and Its Effects on the Web

    Gabriel Emile Hine et al. · 2016

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    • Oct 2016A Study of 4chan’s Politically Incorrect Forum and its Effect on the Web
    • Oct 2016Study of 4chan's Politically Incorrect Forum and Its Effect on the Web
    • Oct 2016A Longitudinal Measurement Study of 4chan’s Politically Incorrect Forum
    • Jan 2017An Analysis of Anonymity and Ephemerality in 4chan /b/ (2011) [pdf]
    • Jun 2017A Study of 4chan’s Politically Incorrect Forum and Its Effects on the Web [pdf]
    • Jul 2022Study finds Wikipedia influences judicial behavior

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22. 322
    

    Improved Techniques for Training GANs

    Tim Salimans et al. · 2016

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    • Jun 2016Improved Techniques for Training GANs – OpenAI's first paper
    • Jun 2016Generative Models
    • Aug 2016OpenAI Team Update
    • Jan 2017Game Theory Reveals the Future of Deep Learning

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23. 323
    

    Deep Neuroevolution: Genetic Algorithms Are a Competitive Alternative for Training Deep Neural Networks for Reinforcement Learning

    Felipe Petroski Such et al. · 2017

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    • Dec 2017Genetic Algorithms for Training Deep Neural Networks for Reinforcement Learning
    • Dec 2017Evolving Simple Organisms
    • Jun 2018Playing Atari with Six Neurons
    • Jul 2018Deep Learning and Free Software

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    SATNet: Bridging deep learning and logical reasoning using a differentiable satisfiability solver

    Po-Wei Wang et al. · 2019

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    • Jun 2019SATNet: Bridging deep learning and logical reasoning with differentiable SAT
    • May 2020Symbolic mathematics finally yields to neural networks
    • Jun 2020Deep Learning – The “Why” Question (2018)
    • Dec 2022Do Simpler Machine Learning Models Exist and How Can We Find Them?

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25. 325
    

    Robust Physical-World Attacks on Deep Learning Models

    Kevin Eykholt et al. · 2017

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    • Jul 2017Robust Physical-World Attacks on Machine Learning Models
    • Mar 2020Robust Physical-World Attacks on Deep Learning Models (2018)
    • Feb 2018Chinese police don high-tech glasses to nab suspects
    • Mar 2018LiDAR scans are finding hidden Roman roads and cutting crime
    • Feb 2020Hackers tricked Teslas into speeding with 2-inch strip of tape on a 35-MPH sign

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