Hacker Papers
- 76
Towards Biologically Plausible Deep Learning
Hacker News threads
- Sep 2015Towards Biologically Plausible Deep Learning
- Dec 2016Backpropagation is a leaky abstraction
- Dec 2016Backpropagation is a leaky abstraction
- Sep 2017Where will artificial general intelligence come from?
- Oct 2017A Theory of Sequence Memory in Neocortex
- Dec 2018Why Robot Brains Need Symbols
- Jul 2019Microsoft is investing $1B in OpenAI
- Jan 2024Understand how transformers work by demystifying the math behind them
- 77
What's Hidden in a Randomly Weighted Neural Network?
Hacker News threads
- Dec 2019What's Hidden in a Randomly Weighted Neural Network?
- Dec 2019What's Hidden in a Randomly Weighted Neural Network?
- Apr 2020What's Hidden in a Randomly Weighted Neural Network?
- Feb 2020Contrastive Self-Supervised Learning
- Mar 2020Proving the Lottery Ticket Hypothesis: Pruning is All You Need
- Mar 2020Proving the Lottery Ticket Hypothesis: Pruning is All You Need
- Jul 2020On moving from statistics to machine learning, the final stage of grief (2019)
- Jul 2020On moving from statistics to machine learning, the final stage of grief (2019)
- Jul 2021Mammals dream about the world they are about to experience before they are born
- Jul 2022I should have loved biology
- Apr 2023Gradients Are Not All You Need
- 78
Engineering Record And Replay For Deployability: Extended Technical Report
Hacker News threads
- Jun 2020Engineering Record and Replay(rr) for Deployability Extended Technical Report
- May 2017Engineering Record and Replay for Deployability: Extended Technical Report
- Nov 2018rr: lightweight recording and deterministic debugging
- Nov 2018rr: lightweight recording and deterministic debugging
- Nov 2018rr: lightweight recording and deterministic debugging
- Nov 2019Debuggers Suck
- Jun 2022What rr does
- Jul 2024rr – record and replay debugger for C/C++
- Jul 2024rr – record and replay debugger for C/C++
- Mar 2025Show HN: CodeTracer – A time-traveling debugger implemented in Nim and Rust
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UMAP: Uniform Manifold Approximation and Projection for Dimension Reduction
Hacker News threads
- Jan 2019UMAP: Uniform Manifold Approximation and Projection for Dimension Reduction
- Aug 2018A visualization of the prime factors of the first million integers
- Aug 2018A visualization of the prime factors of the first million integers
- Dec 2018Let’s Try t-SNE
- Jan 2019Structure of recent philosophy (2017)
- Feb 2019Topological methods for unsupervised learning problems [video]
- Apr 2019Applied Category Theory
- Oct 2024Category Theory Illustrated: Logic (2021)
- 80
Energy and Policy Considerations for Deep Learning in NLP
Hacker News threads
- Jun 2019Energy and Policy Considerations for Deep Learning in NLP [pdf]
- Oct 2019Energy and Policy Considerations for Deep Learning in NLP
- Jun 2019Energy and Policy Considerations for Deep Learning in NLP [pdf]
- Sep 2019The U.S. economy is growing and using less and less stuff to do so
- Oct 2019Green AI
- Sep 2021Deep Learning's Diminishing Returns
- Oct 2021Small Language Models Are Also Few-Shot Learners
- May 2023Timnit Gebru on her sacking by Google, AI’s dangers and big tech’s biases
- May 2023Timnit Gebru on her sacking by Google, AI’s dangers and big tech’s biases
- Feb 2024I don't want anything your AI generates
- 81
A Simple Proof of the Quadratic Formula
Hacker News threads
- Oct 2019A Simple Proof of the Quadratic Formula
- Dec 2019A Simple Proof of the Quadratic Formula
- Dec 2019A Simple Proof of the Quadratic Formula [pdf]
- Dec 2019A new way to make quadratic equations easy
- Nov 2021A new way to make quadratic equations easy (2019)
- Nov 2021A new way to make quadratic equations easy (2019)
- Mar 2022Articles from arXiv.org as responsive HTML5 web pages
- Oct 2022Teenager solves stubborn riddle about prime number look-alikes
- Apr 2024The Stacks Project: A Wikipedia of algebraic geometry (2022)
- May 2026The surprisingly complex journey to text-selectable client-side generated PDFs
- 82
Deep Neural Networks as Gaussian Processes
Hacker News threads
- Jan 2018Using Self-Organizing Maps to Solve the Traveling Salesman Problem
- Jul 2018Gaussian Processes for Machine Learning (2010)
- Jan 2020U.S. government limits exports of artificial intelligence software
- Mar 2021Understanding deep learning requires rethinking generalization
- Jun 2023Any Deep ReLU Network Is Shallow
- Feb 2024Every model learned by gradient descent is approximately a kernel machine (2020)
- Feb 2024Every model learned by gradient descent is approximately a kernel machine (2020)
- 83
Quantum Computing in the NISQ era and beyond
Hacker News threads
- Jan 2018Quantum Computing in the NISQ Era and Beyond by John Preskill
- Jul 2018Quantum Computing in the NISQ era and beyond
- Aug 2018Quantum Computing in the NISQ Era and Beyond – John Preskill
- Jan 2018The Era of Quantum Computing Is Here. Outlook: Cloudy
- Jul 2018Getting Started with Quantum Computing in Python
- Sep 2018Quantum computing is almost ready for business, startup says
- Sep 2018US takes first step toward a quantum computing workforce
- May 2019How to factor 2048 bit RSA integers in 8 hours using 20M noisy qubits
- Sep 2019Scott’s Supreme Quantum Supremacy FAQ
- Dec 2020First release of quantum operating system, Deltaflow
- 84
Universal Language Model Fine-tuning for Text Classification
Hacker News threads
- Mar 2025The algo that advanced natural language processing and influenced OpenAI's LLMs
- Jan 2018Language Models for Classification (state of art on everything)
- Jan 2018Fine-Tuned Language Models for Text Classification [pdf]
- Feb 2018Learning Word Vectors for 157 Languages
- May 2018State-of-the-art text classification with universal language models
- May 2018Our machine learning and NLP journey
- Jun 2018Improving Language Understanding with Unsupervised Learning
- Jul 2018NLP's ImageNet Moment: From Shallow to Deep Pre-Training
- Jul 2020Classifying 200k articles in 7 hours using NLP
- Nov 2023OpenAI Announces Leadership Transition
- 85
What is Applied Category Theory?
Hacker News threads
- Feb 2021What Is Applied Category Theory? (2018)
- May 2019What Is Applied Category Theory?
- May 2019What Is Applied Category Theory? [pdf]
- Apr 2019Applied Category Theory
- Sep 2019A Simple Structure Unites All Human Languages
- Dec 2019Category Theory for Programmers (2014) [pdf]
- Apr 2020Ask HN: What are you learning?
- May 2020Have you ever asked yourself “how did research get done before LateX?”
- May 2021An Introduction to Knowledge Graphs
- 86
Gravitational Lensing by Spinning Black Holes in Astrophysics, and in the Movie Interstellar
Hacker News threads
- Jul 2018Gravitational Lensing by Spinning Black Holes in the Movie Interstellar (2015)
- Jun 2021Gravitational Lensing by Spinning Black Holes in Astrophysics, and Interstellar
- Feb 2015Gravitational Lensing by Black Holes in the Movie Interstellar [pdf]
- Sep 2018Raytracing a Black Hole
- Mar 2019Rotating Black Holes May Serve as Gentle Portals for Hyperspace Travel
- Apr 2019Unveiling the first-ever image of a black hole [video]
- Aug 2024Interstellar movie black hole implemented with Einstein's equations in C++
- Nov 2024Show HN: Physically accurate black hole simulation using your iPhone camera
- May 2026Archaeologists Find Egyptian Mummy Buried with the 'Iliad'
- 87
Practical Black-Box Attacks against Machine Learning
Hacker News threads
- Feb 2016Practical Attacks against Deep Learning Systems using Adversarial Examples
- Jun 2020Practical Black-Box Attacks Against Machine Learning
- Aug 2017Practical Black-Box Attacks Against Machine Learning
- Apr 2016I’m not a human: Breaking the Google reCAPTCHA [pdf]
- Aug 2017Why Deep Learning surprises me
- Nov 2017How Adversarial Attacks Work
- Jan 2018Audio Adversarial Examples
- Mar 2018AI Has a Hallucination Problem That's Proving Tough to Fix
- Oct 2019Introduction to Adversarial Machine Learning
- 88
Adversarial Patch
Hacker News threads
- Jan 2018Adversarial Patch [pdf]
- Jan 2018Adversarial Patch
- Dec 2017Adversarial Patch [pdf]
- May 2018Thanks to facial recognition, a third person is arrested following a pop concert
- Dec 2018Ask HN: Has anyone used adversarial patches for effect?
- Aug 2019Testing Robustness Against Unforeseen Adversaries
- Jan 2020How to be anonymous in the age of surveillance
- Apr 2020Some shirts hide you from cameras, but will anyone wear them?
- Mar 2024The Elements of Differentiable Programming
- 89
Densely Connected Convolutional Networks
Hacker News threads
- Jul 2017Densely Connected Convolutional Networks: CVPR 2017 Best Paper Award Winner
- Feb 2017Densely Connected Convolutional Networks
- Jul 2017Best paper award CVPR 2017 DenseNets
- Nov 2016MXNet – Deep Learning Framework of Choice at AWS
- Jul 2017CVPR 2017 Best Paper Awards
- Jun 2021Do wide and deep networks learn the same things?
- Dec 2021DeepCreamPy- Decensoring Hentai with Deep Neural Networks (2018)
- Mar 2024DenseFormer: Enhancing Information Flow in Transformers
- Sep 2025Automatic differentiation can be incorrect
- 90
End-to-End Training of Deep Visuomotor Policies
Hacker News threads
- Jul 2015End-To-End Training of Deep Visuomotor Policies
- May 2015End-to-End Training of Deep Visuomotor Policies [pdf]
- May 2015‘Deep learning’ technique enables robot mastery of skills via trial and error
- May 2015‘Deep learning’ technique enables robot mastery of skills via trial and error
- Oct 2015Obstacles on the Path to AI
- Oct 2015Obstacles on the Path to AI
- Dec 2015The first person to hack the iPhone is building a self-driving car
- Apr 2016An AI First World
- May 2016My path to OpenAI
- May 2017AlphaGo beats Ke Jie again to wrap up three-part match
- 91
Deep reinforcement learning from human preferences
Hacker News threads
- Feb 2018Deep reinforcement learning from human preferences
- Jul 2018Evolving Floorplans
- Mar 2019Ask HN: Game devs, what is the hardest part about designing an AI for your game?
- Oct 2019The problem with metrics is a big problem for AI
- Mar 2023Microsoft lays off an ethical AI team as it doubles down on OpenAI
- Aug 2025Curious about the training data of OpenAI's new GPT-OSS models? I was too
- Sep 2026We must pace the frontier
- 92
Neural Tangent Kernel: Convergence and Generalization in Neural Networks
Hacker News threads
- Jan 2023Neural Tangent Kernel: Convergence and Generalization in Neural Networks
- Nov 2019Wide Neural Networks of Any Architecture Are Gaussian Processes
- Aug 2020Cellular Automata as Convolutional Neural Networks
- Dec 2020Every Model Learned by Gradient Descent Is Approximately a Kernel Machine
- Feb 2021Gradient Descent Models Are Kernel Machines
- Mar 2021Understanding deep learning requires rethinking generalization
- Jan 2024Transformers Are Multi-State RNNs
- 93
FaceNet: A Unified Embedding for Face Recognition and Clustering
Hacker News threads
- Mar 2015Google FaceNet: A Unified Embedding for Face Recognition and Clustering
- Mar 2015FaceNet: A Unified Embedding for Face Recognition and Clustering
- Apr 2016Russian photographer matches random people with social network photos
- May 2016Russia’s new FindFace app identifies strangers in a crowd with 70% accuracy
- May 2017Machine Learning
- Jun 2017Supercharge your Computer Vision models with the TensorFlow Object Detection API
- Aug 2018Research identifies key weakness in modern computer vision systems
- Jul 2019FBI, ICE using state driver’s license photos for facial-recognition searches
- 94
Synthesizing Robust Adversarial Examples
Hacker News threads
- Nov 2017Synthesizing Robust Adversarial Examples
- Oct 2017The Neural Net Tank Urban Legend
- Mar 2019Sikorsky’s autonomous helicopter tech is ready for takeoff
- Apr 2019Researchers trick Tesla autopilot into driving into opposing traffic
- Feb 2020Contrastive Self-Supervised Learning
- Jul 2020Fawkes: Image “Cloaking” for Personal Privacy
- Sep 2024Big Tech Sees Like a State (2020)
- 95
Dropout as a Bayesian Approximation: Representing Model Uncertainty in Deep Learning
Hacker News threads
- Sep 2015A Brief Introduction to Graphical Models and Bayesian Networks (1998)
- Dec 2015Machine learning works spectacularly well, but mathematicians aren’t sure why
- Jan 2017Braess’ paradox
- Nov 2017Bayesian Generative Adversarial Networks
- Jul 2018Gaussian Processes for Machine Learning (2010)
- Jan 2023Bayesian statistics and machine learning: How do they differ?
- 96
Pixel Recurrent Neural Networks
Hacker News threads
- Jun 2016Blade Runner re-encoded using neural networks
- Feb 2020JPEG Committee releases a call for evidence for image compression based on AI
- Jun 2020Image GPT
- Jul 2020The Reformer – Pushing the limits of language modeling
- Oct 2024Faster convergence for diffusion models
- Oct 2025Neural audio codecs: how to get audio into LLMs
- 97
Real Differences between OT and CRDT for Co-Editors
Hacker News threads
- Oct 2018Real Differences Between OT and CRDT for Co-Editors
- Oct 2018Real differences between ot and crdt for co-editors
- Oct 2018Lessons learned from creating a real-time collaborative rich-text editor
- May 2019Open source collaborative text editors
- Jul 2021Faster CRDTs: An Adventure in Optimization
- Sep 2021The web is swallowing the desktop whole (2017)
- Jun 2023The Art of the Fugue: Minimizing Interleaving in Collaborative Text Editing
- Jul 2023The Art of the Fugue: Minimizing Interleaving in Collaborative Text Editing
- 98
Towards AI-Complete Question Answering: A Set of Prerequisite Toy Tasks
Hacker News threads
- Feb 2015Towards AI-Complete Question Answering, Using Deep Learning
- Feb 2015Towards AI-Complete Question Answering: A Set of Prerequisite Toy Tasks [pdf]
- Mar 2015Facebook's Memory Networks Demo
- Mar 2015By 2029 no computer or “machine intelligence” will have passed the Turing Test
- Jun 2015Hound voice search NLP demo [video]
- Aug 2015Towards Neural Network-based Reasoning
- Sep 2015Inferring Algorithmic Patterns with Stack
- Jun 2016DeepText: Facebook's text understanding engine
- Oct 2025A History of Large Language Models
- 99
An Introduction to Probabilistic Programming
Hacker News threads
- Oct 2018An Introduction to Probabilistic Programming
- Oct 2021An Introduction to Probabilistic Programming
- Mar 2026An Introduction to Probabilistic Programming (2018)
- Oct 2018Google DeepMind Founder Demis Hassabis: Three Truths about AI
- Nov 2018Karl Friston: a neuroscientist who might hold the key to true AI
- Jun 2019A general-purpose probabilistic programming system with programmable inference
- Dec 2020Foundations of Probabilistic Programming
- Mar 2022Probabilistic Models of Cognition
- Aug 2023A History of Clojure (2020) [pdf]
- 100
Indeterminism in Physics, Classical Chaos and Bohmian Mechanics. Are Real Numbers Really Real?
Hacker News threads
- Jun 2018Are real numbers really real?
- Oct 2018Church-Turing Thesis Cannot Possibly Be True [video]
- Nov 2018The Strong Free Will Theorem (2009) [pdf]
- Sep 2021How to fit any dataset with a single parameter
- Nov 2023Struggles with the Continuum
- Jan 2024Why is Maxwell's theory so hard to understand? (2007) [pdf]
- Jul 2026How real are real numbers? (2004)
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