John_Maxwell_IV comments on New Singularity.org - Less Wrong

14 Post author: lukeprog 18 June 2012 02:29PM

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Comment author: gwern 22 June 2012 08:19:41PM 0 points [-]

From the description, it reads like an ad hoc unmaintained multi-armed bandit.

Comment author: John_Maxwell_IV 22 June 2012 08:26:44PM 0 points [-]

You make that sound like it's a bad thing. Are you sure humans are better at multi-armed bandit problems than algorithms?

Comment author: gwern 22 June 2012 08:33:58PM 0 points [-]

Are you sure humans are better at multi-armed bandit problems than algorithms?

I'm pretty sure they're not, which is why I am questioning your enthusiasm for such an ad hoc library.

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