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Google's research chief: The power of big data

By Peter Aldhous

27 April 2011

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Take a mind-bogglingly huge quantity of data and apply some simple statistics: that’s Peter Norvig‘s strategy for changing the way we live

PETER NORVIG doesn’t suffer fools gladly. Nor bureaucracy. Nor journalists who fail to check their facts. This much is clear from browsing . Among papers on artificial intelligence nestle idiosyncratic essays such as the scathing , plus , brought to…

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