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Well - thats what google keep saying (specifically, I think Peter Norvig has said that, I think, over and over - that he hasn't had access to as much data befor
by michaelneale 19y ago
Well - thats what google keep saying (specifically, I think Peter Norvig has said that, I think, over and over - that he hasn't had access to as much data before and its fascinating to him).
Ah Peter Norvig, responsible for hours of my time wiled away on his web site with all sorts of knowledge porn.
- henning 19y agoOne talk in particular in which he focuses on this idea, including with facts and figures from research literature, is a talk he gave a while ago called "Theorizing from Data": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nU8DcBF-qo4 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nU8DcBF-qo4 . You should definitely watch it if you haven't seen it before. Norvig states his opinion slightly differently: of course being smart about algorithms is good. But until you get a lot of it, you often can't even fairly evaluate different algorithms. It's only when you're no longer getting significant gains from more data that you should then start thinking about being an algorithm smartypants.
- sammyo 19y agoNow that is just a marvelous restatement of the canonical optimization principle!