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Re:Deepmind Alphadev: Faster sorting algorithms discovered u... by blazespin on Wednesday June 07, 2023 @03:28PM (#36232190)
Yeah, this type of grifting is very proforma for Researchers. I used to stress about it, but realize it just sort of goes with the territory.

It's also worth noting that the paper is blindingly obvious and everyone started doing this a long time ago but didn't want to tip their cards.

And that's the real contribution here - Google is tipping their cards. We now have a rough baseline to compare our results against.

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Re:Deepmind Alphadev: Faster sorting algorithms discovered u... by ryao on Wednesday June 07, 2023 @06:56PM (#36234830)
It is likely meant to help secure further research funds.
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Re:Deepmind Alphadev: Faster sorting algorithms discovered u... by aldousd666 on Thursday June 08, 2023 @11:31PM (#36252771)
Well. I feel grifted too because being a developer, yet not into the state of the art in algorithms (at that level,) i was inclined to buy their BS
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