"The key to Dr. Guestrin's algorithm ... is that it can assemble the maximum amount of information for the least effort." So it's efficient then? As opposed to

"The key to Dr. Guestrin's algorithm ... is that it can assemble the maximum amount of information for the least effort." So it's efficient then? As opposed to every other inefficient algorithm? I bet this is what medical researchers feel like every time they open a newspaper.