He did a similar talk at Startup School 2007 (I think) where he showed how relatively dumb algorithm can build a database of simple facts. It worked very simple

He did a similar talk at Startup School 2007 (I think) where he showed how relatively dumb algorithm can build a database of simple facts. It worked very simple: crawl a TON of web-based text and look for patterns like "XXX such as AAA,BBB and CCC" -> this way you'll learn that cats, dogs and monkeys are animals.