gwern comments on Raising the waterline - Less Wrong

30 Post author: Morendil 07 October 2012 04:23PM

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Comment author: gwern 07 October 2012 11:36:41PM 1 point [-]

Does Silver ever employ the phrases 'diminishing returns' and 'deliberate practice' in discussing these models?

Comment author: Morendil 08 October 2012 05:31:01AM *  1 point [-]

Nope, that's me.

ETA: OK, one of these is me and the other is Silver. Glad that's sorted out. :)

Comment author: amitpamin 09 October 2012 02:46:04PM 0 points [-]

50% untrue.

"In cases like these, it can require a lot of extra effort to beat the competition. You will find that you soon encounter diminishing returns."