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Entropy, and Short Codes
Eliezer Yudkowsky
23 Feb 2008 3:16 UTC
63
points
27
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Conditional Independence, and Naive Bayes
Eliezer Yudkowsky
1 Mar 2008 1:59 UTC
52
points
16
comments
6
min read
LW
link
Message Length
Zack_M_Davis
20 Oct 2020 5:52 UTC
128
points
25
comments
12
min read
LW
link
The Telephone Theorem: Information At A Distance Is Mediated By Deterministic Constraints
johnswentworth
31 Aug 2021 16:50 UTC
79
points
16
comments
9
min read
LW
link
[Question]
Where can one learn deep intuitions about information theory?
Valentine
16 Dec 2021 15:47 UTC
71
points
25
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Utility Maximization = Description Length Minimization
johnswentworth
18 Feb 2021 18:04 UTC
166
points
37
comments
5
min read
LW
link
The Second Law of Thermodynamics, and Engines of Cognition
Eliezer Yudkowsky
27 Feb 2008 0:48 UTC
125
points
71
comments
9
min read
LW
link
Msg Len
Zack_M_Davis
12 Oct 2020 3:35 UTC
59
points
4
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Generalized Heat Engine
johnswentworth
5 Nov 2020 19:01 UTC
145
points
12
comments
7
min read
LW
link
Information Assets
ozziegooen
24 Aug 2021 4:32 UTC
35
points
2
comments
9
min read
LW
link
Understanding the Merging of Opinions with Increasing Information theorem
ViktoriaMalyasova
21 Apr 2022 14:13 UTC
13
points
1
comment
5
min read
LW
link
Information theory and the symmetry of updating beliefs
Academian
20 Mar 2010 0:34 UTC
63
points
29
comments
8
min read
LW
link
Searching for Bayes-Structure
Eliezer Yudkowsky
28 Feb 2008 22:01 UTC
58
points
48
comments
5
min read
LW
link
Mutual Information, and Density in Thingspace
Eliezer Yudkowsky
23 Feb 2008 19:14 UTC
40
points
28
comments
7
min read
LW
link
Speculations on information under logical uncertainty
TsviBT
24 Feb 2016 21:58 UTC
1
point
0
comments
12
min read
LW
link
Combining causality with algorithmic information theory
[deleted]
9 Jun 2012 1:31 UTC
21
points
3
comments
1
min read
LW
link
How to Throw Away Information
johnswentworth
5 Sep 2019 21:10 UTC
18
points
5
comments
5
min read
LW
link
Law without law: from observer states to physics via algorithmic information theory
avturchin
28 Sep 2018 10:07 UTC
14
points
6
comments
2
min read
LW
link
(arxiv.org)
A quick sketch on how the Curry-Howard Isomorphism kinda appears to connect Algorithmic Information Theory with ordinal logics
[deleted]
19 Apr 2015 19:35 UTC
26
points
27
comments
3
min read
LW
link
An Undergraduate Reading Of: Semantic information, autonomous agency and non-equilibrium statistical physics
ryan_b
30 Oct 2018 18:36 UTC
28
points
2
comments
5
min read
LW
link
[LINK] The Bayesian Second Law of Thermodynamics
shminux
12 Aug 2015 16:52 UTC
13
points
16
comments
1
min read
LW
link
My (Mis)Adventures With Algorithmic Machine Learning
AHartNtkn
20 Sep 2020 5:31 UTC
16
points
4
comments
41
min read
LW
link
Blind artifacts
So8res
7 Apr 2015 23:23 UTC
36
points
2
comments
2
min read
LW
link
KL Divergence as Code Patching Efficiency
Zachary Robertson
27 Sep 2020 16:06 UTC
17
points
0
comments
8
min read
LW
link
A Toy Model for Media Sharing
Zachary Robertson
17 Oct 2020 15:59 UTC
12
points
0
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Minimal Maps, Semi-Decisions, and Neural Representations
Zachary Robertson
6 Dec 2020 15:15 UTC
30
points
2
comments
4
min read
LW
link
[Question]
Are the Born probabilities really that mysterious?
Adele Lopez
2 Mar 2021 3:08 UTC
44
points
14
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Our compressed perception
pchvykov
6 Apr 2021 11:01 UTC
11
points
0
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Mindfulness as debugging
pchvykov
30 Apr 2021 16:59 UTC
19
points
4
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Does butterfly affect?
pchvykov
14 May 2021 4:20 UTC
14
points
22
comments
2
min read
LW
link
The Blackwell order as a formalization of knowledge
Alex Flint
10 Sep 2021 2:51 UTC
38
points
9
comments
11
min read
LW
link
Entropy isn’t sufficient to measure password strength
benwr
17 Jan 2022 6:41 UTC
36
points
32
comments
2
min read
LW
link
(www.benwr.net)
Deconfusing Landauer’s Principle
euanmclean
27 May 2022 17:58 UTC
44
points
12
comments
15
min read
LW
link
A physicist’s approach to Origins of Life
pchvykov
28 Jun 2022 15:23 UTC
6
points
0
comments
16
min read
LW
link
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