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JoshuaZ comments on Algorithmic Progress in Six Domains - Less Wrong Discussion

24 Post author: lukeprog 03 August 2013 02:29AM

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Comment author: JoshuaZ 03 August 2013 05:43:30PM 2 points [-]

Minor note: while this is true for many areas, some areas like physics simulations don't have this sort of sanity check because there are no known witnesses to a correct calculation.