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AlexSchell comments on [Link] Are Children Natural Bayesians? - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: AlexSchell 11 October 2012 05:20:59PM *  16 points [-]

There also seems to be a reference to the Singularity Institute:

You should get out more :)

By this I mean to become more acquainted with non-SI efforts in machine learning and AI (which is almost the same as "efforts in machine learning and AI").

Comment author: gwern 11 October 2012 05:33:19PM 6 points [-]

Yeah, he's definitely over-thinking it. Bayesian techniques are all over AI (and the version of AI relabeled 'machine learning') these days.

Comment author: BlazeOrangeDeer 13 October 2012 03:55:31AM 0 points [-]

Yeah, I don't remember hearing anything about any AI work SI has done with Bayes Theorem. It's definitely used in the field though.

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