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42 Post author: Costanza 29 December 2011 11:23PM

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Comment author: Andy_McKenzie 30 December 2011 06:23:23PM 3 points [-]

Thanks for the link. Their algorithm, the “multiplicative update rule,” which goes about "selecting each arm randomly with probabilities that evolve based on their past performance," does not seem to me to be the same strategy as Eliezer describes. So does this contradict his argument?

Comment author: jsteinhardt 30 December 2011 11:10:33PM 1 point [-]

Yes.