Skynet is coming...

AI Is Transforming Google Search. The Rest of the Web Is Next

WIRED

Cade Metz. 04 Feb 2016. 7:00 AM.

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The money quote:

The concern—as described by some former Google employees—was that it was more difficult to understand why neural nets behaved the way it did, and more difficult to tweak their behavior.

These concerns still hover over the world of machine learning. The truth is that even the experts don’t completely understand how neural nets work.

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Interesting find - Sequoia's Investment Memo on YouTube

A very interesting document and gives excellent insight into the thinking behind how a VC looks at an investment - especially one that is primarily all potential with very little actual revenue...albeit from 10 years ago.

The Infovore's Dilemma

30 Apr , 2014

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It is very hard to get genuine transparency on what VCs look for when making an investment. Some investors share their investment criteria, but rarely how they have assessed opportunities against those criteria.

The only public domain investment memo I have found is by Roelof Botha recommending that Sequoia make a seed investment in Youtube

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