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Peter Norvig - The Unreasonable Effectiveness of Data

UBC Computer Science · lecture · Watch on YouTube

Computer vision, speech & NLPMachine learning & deep learningData science & statistics

What it is

Peter Norvig's UBC distinguished lecture on how massive amounts of simple data, such as for language modeling, can yield understanding that hand-built models could not.

Why Hacker News recommends it

Recommended as a favorite tech talk showing how huge data availability changes how problems are approached.

  • 3 people recommended it
  • 3 different months
  • 1 strong recommendations
  • first 2012, last 2026

What HN commenters said

  1. “Norvig does an especially great job in making you truly appreciate the seismic impact that the availability of massive quantities of data can have”

    Conveys the seismic impact of massive data availability on problem thinking.

    ChicagoBoy11, 2016-10 · Strong recommendation · in “Ask HN: What's your favorite tech talk?”

  2. “You can watch a nice presentation from Peter Norvig about the unreasonable effectiveness of data”

    Nice presentation on the effectiveness of data.

    stiff, 2012-05 · Recommendation · in “Beware The Hype Over Big Data Analytics”

  3. “If you're looking for more examples and information about using simple algorithms with lots of data, I recommend Peter Norvig's”

    Examples of simple algorithms with lots of data.

    gpcz, 2013-01 · Recommendation · in “Data trumps everything”

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Topics: peter norvig, big data, nlp, machine learning, google

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