FrankDrakman t1_ivjjg3h wrote on November 8, 2022 at 1:07 PM

Reply to comment by visarga in The big data delusion – the more data we have, the harder it is to find meaningful patterns in the world. by IAI_Admin

Yes, I agree the recent breakthroughs are staggering, and NLP is moving along rapidly. But my point still stands: this guy's firm had it working well in 2012, and it was being secretly used by the US government.

visarga t1_ivkee3z wrote on November 8, 2022 at 4:47 PM

I am sure he had something, but I don't believe it was comparable to what we have today. Lots of research has been done in the last 10 years.