Peter Norvig
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But then I started to realize, you know, we didn't quite have the word big data back then.
But then I started to realize, you know, we didn't quite have the word big data back then.
But I saw that that's the way things were going.
But I saw that that's the way things were going.
And I saw as a young assistant professor, I couldn't get the resources I needed.
And I saw as a young assistant professor, I couldn't get the resources I needed.
You know, you could write a grant proposal, get a little bit of money.
You know, you could write a grant proposal, get a little bit of money.
get a couple of computers and a couple of grad students.
get a couple of computers and a couple of grad students.
But I really couldn't get the resources to do the kind of big projects I wanted to do.
But I really couldn't get the resources to do the kind of big projects I wanted to do.
And industry was the only way to do that.
And industry was the only way to do that.
So I set out on that path.
So I set out on that path.
Yeah, so it's definitely been here sort of right from the start.
Yeah, so it's definitely been here sort of right from the start.
So Alan Turing, one of the founders of the field, writing about it in 1956, sort of foreseeing the chatbots that we have today.
So Alan Turing, one of the founders of the field, writing about it in 1956, sort of foreseeing the chatbots that we have today.