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It looks like the 17-year-old got enough funding to hire a proper AI/NLP lab to do his algorithm - reading between the lines, it's difficult to say how much inp
by BruceIV 14y ago
It looks like the 17-year-old got enough funding to hire a proper AI/NLP lab to do his algorithm - reading between the lines, it's difficult to say how much input the founder had on the new product: my guess would be concept, maybe design, and possibly interface coding.
- hu_me 14y agoyes it appears the tech was done by SRI. still doesnt take away from the idea and execution though. http://gigaom.com/2012/10/31/summly-wants-to-make-news-summaries-cool-ok/ http://gigaom.com/2012/10/31/summly-wants-to-make-news-summa...
- BruceIV 14y agoFair. I know just enough AI to realize that this is a hard problem, so the whole news-friendly "genius self-taught teenager builds awesome app in his spare time" seemed a bit incredible - I still wouldn't want to be competing against this kid for a job, though, he's impressively smart.