> i think plausibly being able to use youtube video as training data was the major reason for google to buy youtube in the first place When I asked Eric Schmid

> i think plausibly being able to use youtube video as training data was the major reason for google to buy youtube in the first place When I asked Eric Schmidt the "why did we spend so much money on buying youtube?" question his answer was "if it's the future of television, it was a bargain; if not, we overpaid." There didn't seem to be any expectation among senior management at the time that it was anything other than "televisions carry advertisements, we want in on that market."