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i don't think it's the fact that they are good at implementing algorithms. they're rather good at running those algorithms at exceptionally high scale. (once im
by plq 16y ago
i don't think it's the fact that they are good at implementing algorithms. they're rather good at running those algorithms at exceptionally high scale. (once implemented, viterbi decoding is viterbi decoding, after all)
- robryan 16y agoIt's the scale of data available for training to, there is a Google Research paper call 'The Unreasonable Effectiveness of Data' talking about how even in the noisy medium that is the internet there is a lot to be gained from that level of data. Also a paper from someone at Google on brute force paraphrase acquisition using billions of sentences combined with some relatively simple rules.
- GFischer 16y agoThanks for pointing out that paper ('The Unreasonable Effectiveness of Data'): http://www.scribd.com/doc/13863110/The-Unreasonable-Effectiveness-of-Data http://www.scribd.com/doc/13863110/The-Unreasonable-Effectiv...
- user24 16y ago"good at implementing" would include building for scale, wouldn't it?