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- Simulating A/B tests offline with counterfactual inference http://abhadury.com/articles/2019-05/simulating-ab-tests 3 comments
- New Research shows it's possible to generate plausible Medical Imaging counterfactuals using Generative AI & Causality (see demo in the comments) https://proceedings.mlr.press/v202/de-sousa-ribeiro23a.html 2 comments science
- World Press Freedom Index: Greek government spokesman responds to poor ranking with counterfactual claims https://rsf.org/en/world-press-freedom-index-greek-government-spokesman-responds-poor-ranking-counterfactual-claims 10 comments greece
- “All models are wrong, some are useful.” The computer mind model is useful, but context, causality and counterfactuals are unique can’t be replicated in a machine. https://iai.tv/video/models-metaphors-and-minds&utm_source=reddit&_auid=2020 340 comments philosophy
- Study suggests that people are more emotionally engaged when a first-person narrative is used in a counterfactual scenario https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0093934X22000359 3 comments science
- Math theory for counterfactual learning in humans? https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fnhum.2015.00420/pdf 3 comments cogsci
- Loopring releases L2 counterfactual wallets and FIAT on-ramps, now one step closer to a rumored GameStop partnership https://wccftech.com/loopring-lrc-and-gamestop-gme-move-one-step-closer-to-a-potential-nft-related-tie-up-even-as-the-video-game-retailer-starts-accepting-dogecoin-doge-and-shiba-inu-shib/ 88 comments cryptocurrency
- Loopring’s BIG announcement: Counterfactual Wallet Layer 2. https://www.reddit.com/r/loopringorg/comments/rlhc0r/this_is_it/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf 315 comments ethereum
- LoopRing Coin’s Big News 🚀 Introducing: L2 Counterfactual Wallet and FIAT on-ramps https://medium.loopring.io/ 60 comments cryptocurrency
- Introducing: L2 Counterfactual Wallet and FIAT on-ramps https://medium.loopring.io/introducing-l2-counterfactual-wallet-and-fiat-on-ramps-a4b60edf15d6?gi=98cbd7fe253c 116 comments cryptocurrency
- Introducing: L2 Counterfactual Wallet and FIAT on-ramps http://medium.loopring.io/introducing-l2-counterfactual-wallet-and-fiat-on-ramps-a4b60edf15d6 141 comments cryptocurrency
- Loopring: Introducing: L2 Counterfactual Wallet and FIAT on-ramps https://medium.loopring.io/introducing-l2-counterfactual-wallet-and-fiat-on-ramps-a4b60edf15d6 578 comments cryptocurrency
- Loopring Hints At Counterfactual NFTs — How Could They Work? https://tokenist.com/loopring-hints-at-counterfactual-nfts-how-could-they-work/ 20 comments cryptocurrency
- Loopring Wallet NFT GitHub update - * Add counterfactual NFTs https://github.com/Loopring/protocols/commit/f17b32536810da84ca5b3cc2720b1f5c403bdd6b 60 comments cryptocurrency
- The lockdown effect: A counterfactual for Sweden. 9-week lockdown in the first half of 2020 would have reduced infections and deaths by about 75% and 38%, respectively. https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0249732 4 comments europe
- Functional Decision Theory: A success-first decision theory which does not focus on causation and time but rather logical counterfactuals regarding the output of the agent’s decision function. https://arxiv.org/pdf/1710.05060.pdf 7 comments philosophy
- For those of us feeling a lot of regret about not timing our lives just perfectly.. a note about counterfactuals. https://80000hours.org/podcast/episodes/philip-tetlock-forecasting-research/ 31 comments personalfinance
- Republicans Turned on Nixon. Here’s Why They Won’t Turn on Trump: As was not the case in 1974, Republicans now have counterfactual media that allows or compels them to ignore blatant lawbreaking. https://prospect.org/impeachment/republicans-turned-on-nixon-trump-impeachment-media/ 148 comments politics
- Connext v2.0 for State Channels is live on mainnet! Built on the Counterfactual framework, Connext is essentially a Lightning network for Ethereum/token payments. https://twitter.com/ryansadams/status/1176232067354517504?s=21 5 comments ethereum
- How to make algorithms fair when you don't know what they're doing: using "counterfactual explanations" to reveal how algorithms come to their decisions – without breaking into their black box. https://www.wired.co.uk/article/ai-bias-black-box-sandra-wachter 17 comments compsci
- Low-intensity ultrasound can change decision-making process in the brain. New research in primates has shown for the first time that counterfactual thinking is causally related to a frontal part of the brain, called the anterior cingulate cortex https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-04/uop-luc041519.php 6 comments science
- Counterfactual Regret Minimization - the core of Poker AI beating professional players https://int8.io/counterfactual-regret-minimization-for-poker-ai/ 27 comments poker
- State Channel Applications - Counterfactual https://medium.com/statechannels/state-channel-applications-1f170e7d542e 17 comments ethereum
- Counterfactual: Generalized State Channels on Ethereum https://medium.com/statechannels/counterfactual-generalized-state-channels-on-ethereum-d38a36d25fc6 26 comments ethereum
- Chinese researchers achieve Quantum counterfactual communication. This will change the communication as we know it. http://ofthebox.org/scientists-achieve-direct-counterfactual-quantum-communication-first-time/ 9 comments science
- SpankChain presents: A State Channels Adventure with Counterfactual Rick - Part 1 https://medium.com/spankchain/a-state-channels-adventure-with-counterfactual-rick-part-1-ce68e16252ea 9 comments ethereum
- SpankChain presents: General State Channels - Counterfactual Instantiation Code Walkthrough https://youtu.be/Ao0tj0HcIcc 3 comments ethereum
- SpankChain presents: General State Channels - Counterfactual Instantiation Overview https://youtu.be/pBrfbfmbvZ8 5 comments ethereum
- Reconsidering NATO expansion: a counterfactual analysis of Russia and the West in the 1990s https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/european-journal-of-international-security/article/reconsidering-nato-expansion-a-counterfactual-analysis-of-russia-and-the-west-in-the-1990s/356448ea9d5c63c53be1ec6b33fe470a/core-reader# 13 comments geopolitics
- Counterfactual Scenario Descriptions, Sources of Modal Error (or Uncertainty), and Deep Puzzles of Modality http://sprachlogik.blogspot.com.au/2017/08/notes-on-counterfactual-scenario.html 5 comments philosophy
- Fun little counterfactual game. https://www.reddit.com/r/linguistics/comments/6tjzgz/fun_little_counterfactual_game/ 19 comments linguistics
- Scientists Achieve Direct Counterfactual Quantum Communication https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-have-achieved-direct-counterfactual-quantum-communication-for-the-first-time 105 comments science
- Scientists achieve direct counterfactual quantum communication for the first time http://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-have-achieved-direct-counterfactual-quantum-communication-for-the-first-time 16 comments science
- 'Close Enough' Closer to the Truth About Counterfactuals http://sprachlogik.blogspot.com.au/2017/01/close-enough-closer-to-truth-about.html 5 comments philosophy
- Short video on David Lewis, modal realism and counterfactuals http://aeon.co/video/philosophy/i-hope-this-helps-modal-realism-how-to-deal-with-regret/ 32 comments philosophy
- What If Counterfactuals Never Existed? - Counterfactual history has intrigued & confounded philosophers, social scientists, & distinguished historians. Psychologists focus on “hindsight bias”. But many historians are skeptical, seeing the enterprise as a kind of parlor game. http://www.newrepublic.com/article/119357/altered-pasts-reviewed-cass-r-sunstein 7 comments history
- Counterintuitive Counterfactual Strategies http://strilanc.com/game-theory/2014/06/17/counterintuitive-counterfactual-strategies.html 4 comments math
- REMINDER: Gov. Gary Johnson will do an AMA tomorrow, here is last year's AMA where the top question has been answered with counterfactual arguments. This question needs to be asked again. http://www.reddit.com/r/iama/comments/l8utx/iama_entrepreneur_ironman_scaler_of_mt_everest/ 17 comments politics
- Counterfactual Perl http://www.dagolden.com/index.php/1492/counterfactual-perl/ 4 comments perl
- 'Counterfactual' thinkers are more motivated and analytical, study suggests http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/02/100209100800.htm 7 comments philosophy