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The best ai & data (other) videos, according to Hacker News
28 videos about ai & data (other) that Hacker News commenters keep pointing each other to, ranked by how many separate months they were recommended. Part of AI, Machine Learning & Data.
HN commenters recommend it as the key talk on why game AI is built to be fun rather than to win.
Commenters point to it whenever AI-generated content, propaganda or internet garbage comes up, since Kojima seemed to predict it in 2001.
Referenced in threads on social media manipulation and junk content as an interesting miniseries, though one commenter criticized its ExpressVPN ad read.
Cited as an early, prescient warning about algorithmic personalization, echo chambers and social media feeds.
HN viewers were impressed by its speed and saw it as a glimpse of the future of voice search; later it appears in hiring posts.
Cited in threads about search bias, election influence and big-tech data practices as the most comprehensive video of Epstein's research.
Pointed to as the long-form interview for understanding Lenat's work, especially after his death.
Cited in threads about recommendation algorithms and clickbait as a creator's inside view of why optimizing for click-through rate shapes content.
Used as a source for Searle's own argument in Chinese room discussions, though some find nothing new in it.
Recommended as a historical look at the AI winter debate and a demolition of the expert systems hype.
HN people point to it as a clear, skeptical take on AI hype and the risks of unreliable AI classification, such as in mushroom foraging books.
Recommended as a great technical talk from the pioneer of human computation.
HN cites it as primary-source history of AI hype and skepticism, and for the vintage Freddy robot footage.
HN cites it as a firsthand example of search engines rewarding AI-flavored content over genuine writing.
Referenced as a fictional illustration of AI-assisted tools and non-visual interfaces.
HN uses it as an early authoritative take in debates about AI, reasoning, and AGI.
Linked as the canonical video of the first fully automatic NetHack bot ascension in threads on NetHack and game-playing AI.
HN invokes it as a joke whenever a machine or algorithm refuses to do what a person wants.
Cited in StarCraft and AI threads as a vivid example of superhuman micro and of machine speed advantage over humans.
HN links it as a joke about the decline of Google search, as comedy that captures a widely shared frustration.
Cited as the authoritative definition of cloaking when discussing paywall bypasses, Quora, and A/B testing.
Quoted, often critically, to argue that Google aims for a single answer and to compare it with ChatGPT-style answers.
Cited as a concrete example of YouTube and Google search failing to find content by exact title.
Invoked as a movie reference for frustrating AI support bots and for AI that reads human emotions.
HN mostly quotes it for specific Norvig remarks, such as language choice mattering less and the open-space versus cubicle trade-off.
Posted as a light, funny aside in threads about declining search quality and the habit of appending 'reddit' to queries.
Cited as the debunking of Devin's marketing claims in skeptical discussions of AI software engineers.
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