Hacker Papers

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   A Tutorial Introduction to the Lambda Calculus

   Raul Rojas · 2015

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   • Feb 2025A Tutorial Introduction to the Lambda Calculus (2015)
   • Feb 2025A Tutorial Introduction to the Lambda Calculus (2015)
   • Jul 2016Lambda Calculus Interactive Tutorial
   • Oct 2018Algebra and the Lambda Calculus (1993)
   • Jul 2020Ask HN: Where do I go to learn more about the lambda calculus?

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2. 327
   

   Learning to Transduce with Unbounded Memory

   Edward Grefenstette et al. · 2015

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   • Jun 2015Learning to Transduce with Unbounded Memory
   • Jun 2015Learning to Transduce with Unbounded Memory (Google DeepMind) [pdf]
   • Dec 2015Teaching Machines to Read and Comprehend [pdf]
   • Jan 2016Differentiable Programming
   • Aug 2018Markov Chains Explained Visually (2014)

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3. 328
   

   Sheaves are the canonical datastructure for sensor integration

   Michael Robinson · 2016

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   • Feb 2017Sheaves are the canonical data structure for sensor integration
   • Feb 2017Sheaf Theory: The Mathematics of Data Fusion (audio starts at 10:44) [video]
   • Mar 2017Local Topological Analysis of Complex Systems (2017) [video]
   • Dec 2022Introduction to Homotopy Type Theory

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4. 329
   

   Towards deep learning with segregated dendrites

   Jordan Guergiuev et al. · 2016

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   • Oct 2016Biologically Feasible Deep Learning (new paper)
   • May 2018AI winter is well on its way
   • Nov 2018Ask HN: Is neuroscience-inspired machine learning the next big thing?
   • Jun 2019Ask HN: New Neural Network Primitives?

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5. 330
   

   Ground-to-satellite quantum teleportation

   Ji-Gang Ren et al. · 2017

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   • Jul 2017Ground-to-satellite quantum teleportation
   • Jul 2017Ground-to-satellite quantum teleportation
   • Jul 2017Ground-to-satellite quantum teleportation
   • Jul 2017First Object Teleported from Earth to Orbit (500 km) by China
   • Jul 2019Scientists Just Teleported an Object into Space for the First Time
   • Dec 2020Scientists just teleported an object into Earth's orbit for the first time (2017)

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6. 331
   

   Progressive Growing of GANs for Improved Quality, Stability, and Variation

   Tero Karras et al. · 2017

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   • Nov 2018Progressive Growing of GANs for Improved Quality, Stability, and Variation
   • Apr 2018A.I. Researchers Are Making More Than $1M, Even at a Nonprofit
   • Oct 2018Christie’s sells its first AI portrait for $432k
   • Nov 2023SDXL Turbo: A Real-Time Text-to-Image Generation Model

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7. 332
   

   The Big Bang, CPT, and neutrino dark matter

   Latham Boyle et al. · 2018

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   • Mar 2022The Big Bang, CPT, and neutrino dark matter
   • Mar 2022Scientists Say There May Be a Mirror Universe in Which Time Runs Backwards
   • Dec 2022Is dark matter’s “nightmare scenario” true?
   • Jul 2023Have We Gotten Dark Matter All Wrong?

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8. 333
   

   Experimental loophole-free violation of a Bell inequality using entangled electron spins separated by 1.3 km

   B. Hensen et al. · 2015

   Hacker News threads

   • Oct 2015Quantum Theory Experiment Said to Prove ‘Spooky’ Interactions
   • Aug 2018Do electrons think? (1949)
   • May 2021What did Einstein mean by “spooky action at a distance”?
   • May 2021What did Einstein mean by “spooky action at a distance”?
   • Sep 2024Breaking Bell's Inequality with Monte Carlo Simulations in Python

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9. 334
   

   Bad Universal Priors and Notions of Optimality

   Jan Leike, Marcus Hutter · 2015

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   • Jun 2021Bad Universal Priors and Notions of Optimality (2015)
   • Aug 2021Fooling Neural Networks [pdf]
   • May 2024Ilya Sutskever to leave OpenAI
   • Nov 2024The $5000 Compression Challenge (2001)

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10. 335
    

    SSD: Single Shot MultiBox Detector

    Wei Liu et al. · 2015

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    • Nov 2016State of the Art Dnn. Single Shot MultiBox Detector
    • Nov 2017Using CNNs for Handbag Brand and Color Detection
    • Oct 2019Video Architecture Search
    • Feb 2020Creator of YOLO and SSD algorithm stopped CV research due to ethical concerns

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11. 336
    

    Synthesizing the preferred inputs for neurons in neural networks via deep generator networks

    Anh Nguyen et al. · 2016

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    • Jun 2016Impressive synthesized images in new paper
    • Jun 2016Generative Models
    • Aug 2016Text to Image Synthesis Using Thought Vectors
    • May 2017Deep Learning’s Impact on Image Processing, Mathematics, and Humanity

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12. 337
    

    Understanding Black-box Predictions via Influence Functions

    Pang Wei Koh, Percy Liang · 2017

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    • Mar 2017Understanding Black-Box Machine Learning Predictions via Influence Functions
    • Jul 2021The Computer Scientist Training AI to Think with Analogies
    • Feb 2023Stable Attribution
    • Mar 2023Adobe Firefly: AI Art Generator

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13. 338
    

    Motion Sensor-based Privacy Attack on Smartphones

    S Abhishek Anand et al. · 2019

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    • Nov 2021Motion Sensor-Based Privacy Attack on Smartphones
    • Sep 2020Companies can track your phone’s movements to target ads
    • Nov 2021iPhone apps can tell many things about you through the accelerometer
    • Nov 2022People Still Think Their Smart Speakers Are Eavesdropping on Conversations

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14. 339
    

    Racial Disparities in Voting Wait Times: Evidence from Smartphone Data

    M. Keith Chen et al. · 2019

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    • Sep 2019Racial disparities in voting wait times: evidence from smartphone data
    • Oct 2020Study: Race One of Strongest Predictors of How Long People Wait in Line to Vote
    • May 2021Are we cut out for universal morality?
    • Jun 2023Why Britain Doesn’t Build

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15. 340
    

    Undecidability of the Spectral Gap (short version)

    Toby Cubitt et al. · 2015

    Hacker News threads

    • Sep 2021The World After Capital (2018)
    • Sep 2022John C. Mather: “There is no first moment of time” (2017)
    • Oct 2023What Is the Point of Decidability

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16. 341
    

    Trust Region Policy Optimization

    John Schulman et al. · 2015

    Hacker News threads

    • Mar 2016The Artificial Intelligence Revolution: A Special Report, Pt. 1
    • Jun 2016Generative Models
    • May 2017Roboschool: open-source software for robot simulation

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17. 342
    

    Fairy Lights in Femtoseconds: Aerial and Volumetric Graphics Rendered by Focused Femtosecond Laser Combined with Computational Holographic Fields

    Yoichi Ochiai et al. · 2015

    Hacker News threads

    • Jul 2015A floating holographic plasma display that you can touch
    • May 2019UFOs invading military airspace multiple times a month, but public won't be told
    • May 2024Femtosecond lasers create 3D midair plasma displays you can touch (2015)

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18. 343
    

    The Logic of Experimental Tests, Particularly of Everettian Quantum Theory

    David Deutsch · 2015

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    • Feb 2018The Quantum Theory and Reality (1979) [pdf]
    • Aug 2018The Paradox of Karl Popper
    • Oct 2022Experiments spell doom for physical-collapse explanation of quantum weirdness

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19. 344
    

    Effective Approaches to Attention-based Neural Machine Translation

    Minh-Thang Luong et al. · 2015

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    • Feb 2023Planning for AGI and Beyond
    • May 2023Google receives patent for attention-based sequence transduction neural networks
    • Jan 2026The Q, K, V Matrices

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20. 345
    

    Variational Information Maximisation for Intrinsically Motivated Reinforcement Learning

    Shakir Mohamed, Danilo Jimenez Rezende · 2015

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    • Oct 2015Obstacles on the Path to AI
    • Dec 2015The A.I. Anxiety
    • Jun 2016Deep Mind Playing Montezuma's Revenge with Intrinsic Motivation [video]

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21. 346
    

    ACDC: A Structured Efficient Linear Layer

    Marcin Moczulski et al. · 2015

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    • Aug 2016Optical solutions to NP-Complete problems
    • Feb 2018Lessons from Optics, the Other Deep Learning
    • Jan 2019Dirty lenses (2016)

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22. 347
    

    Winning Arguments: Interaction Dynamics and Persuasion Strategies in Good-faith Online Discussions

    Chenhao Tan et al. · 2016

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    • Apr 2017How to change someone's mind, according to science
    • Jul 2019The human body is already close to thermal limits in many regions
    • Apr 2025Unauthorized experiment on r/changemyview involving AI-generated comments

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23. 348
    

    Automatic Differentiation Variational Inference

    Alp Kucukelbir et al. · 2016

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    • Sep 2016Design and Implementation of Probabilistic Programming Languages
    • Mar 2017An Introduction to Probabilistic Graphical Models (2003) [pdf]
    • Oct 2018Bayes’ Theorem in the 21st Century (2013) [pdf]

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24. 349
    

    Efficient and robust approximate nearest neighbor search using Hierarchical Navigable Small World graphs

    Yu. A. Malkov, D. A. Yashunin · 2016

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    • Jul 2022Ask HN: What are some cool but obscure data structures you know about?
    • May 2023Abusing Vector Search for Texts, Maps, and Chess ♟
    • Sep 2024Understanding Pgvector's HNSW Index Storage in Postgres

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25. 350
    

    Density estimation using Real NVP

    Laurent Dinh et al. · 2016

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    • Jun 2016Blade Runner re-encoded using neural networks
    • Jan 2019Deep Learning State of the Art (2019) [video]
    • Apr 2020Making an invertible function out of non-invertible parts

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