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AI & data (other): videos Hacker News recommends
Other AI and data topics: miscellaneous AI demos, AI history, AI hype and criticism, chatbots, recommender systems, search engines and SEO. Below: every video in this topic that at least three HN users linked with real commentary, in at least three different months (5 talks, 4 videos, 3 interviews), best-scored first, with the comments on each video page.
- 4 HN recommenders 5 months 2021–2024M Machine Learning Street Talk · interviewRecommended to people who find it inspiring or perspective-changing on pursuing goals, open-ended search and AI beyond optimization.
- 2 HN recommenders 3 months 2011–2026HN commenters recommend it as the key talk on why game AI is built to be fun rather than to win.
- 3 HN recommenders 3 months 2020–2025L Louie V · videoCommenters point to it whenever AI-generated content, propaganda or internet garbage comes up, since Kojima seemed to predict it in 2001.
- 2 HN recommenders 2 months 2019–2021Referenced in threads on social media manipulation and junk content as an interesting miniseries, though one commenter criticized its ExpressVPN ad read.
- 2 HN recommenders 2 months 2012–2025Cited as an early, prescient warning about algorithmic personalization, echo chambers and social media feeds.
- 2 HN recommenders 2 months 2015–2019H Hound by SoundHound Inc. · demoHN viewers were impressed by its speed and saw it as a glimpse of the future of voice search; later it appears in hiring posts.
- 2 HN recommenders 2 months 2017–2022Cited in threads about search bias, election influence and big-tech data practices as the most comprehensive video of Epstein's research.
- 3 HN recommenders 2 months 2021–2023Pointed to as the long-form interview for understanding Lenat's work, especially after his death.
- 2 HN recommenders 2 months 2019–2023Cited in threads about recommendation algorithms and clickbait as a creator's inside view of why optimizing for click-through rate shapes content.
- 2 HN recommenders 2 months 2015–2017Used as a source for Searle's own argument in Chinese room discussions, though some find nothing new in it.
- 2 HN recommenders 2 months 2016–2021B bilkable · documentaryRecommended as a historical look at the AI winter debate and a demolition of the expert systems hype.
- 1 HN recommenders 1 months 2023–2026HN people point to it as a clear, skeptical take on AI hype and the risks of unreliable AI classification, such as in mushroom foraging books.
- 1 HN recommenders 1 months 2013–2019Recommended as a great technical talk from the pioneer of human computation.
- 1 HN recommenders 1 months 2019–2025P Pierre-Yves Oudeyer · lectureHN cites it as primary-source history of AI hype and skepticism, and for the vintage Freddy robot footage.
- 1 HN recommenders 1 months 2019–2023P Person of Interest Highlights · videoReferenced as a fictional illustration of AI-assisted tools and non-visual interfaces.
- 1 HN recommenders 1 months 2022–2025L Lex Clips · lectureHN uses it as an early authoritative take in debates about AI, reasoning, and AGI.
- 1 HN recommenders 1 months 2015–2022J Jan K · demoLinked as the canonical video of the first fully automatic NetHack bot ascension in threads on NetHack and game-playing AI.
- cited 3× 0 months 2017–2025K KlingonSpider · videoHN invokes it as a joke whenever a machine or algorithm refuses to do what a person wants.
- cited 20× 0 months 2016–2026A Automaton2000Micro · demoCited in StarCraft and AI threads as a vivid example of superhuman micro and of machine speed advantage over humans.
- cited 4× 0 months 2022–2023R Ryan George · comedy videoHN links it as a joke about the decline of Google search, as comedy that captures a widely shared frustration.
- cited 4× 0 months 2012–2023G Google Search Central · explainerCited as the authoritative definition of cloaking when discussing paywall bypasses, Quora, and A/B testing.
- cited 8× 0 months 2013–2025G Gregory Ferenstein · interviewQuoted, often critically, to argue that Google aims for a single answer and to compare it with ChatGPT-style answers.
- cited 3× 0 months 2018–2024R Rotten Tomatoes Coming Soon · videoInvoked as a movie reference for frustrating AI support bots and for AI that reads human emotions.
- cited 3× 0 months 2010–2012R Reddit · interviewHN mostly quotes it for specific Norvig remarks, such as language choice mattering less and the open-space versus cubicle trade-off.
- cited 7× 0 months 2023–2026S savannahXYZ · comedy videoPosted as a light, funny aside in threads about declining search quality and the habit of appending 'reddit' to queries.
Questions
What is the most recommended ai & data (other) video on Hacker News?
Why Greatness Cannot Be Planned — Kenneth Stanley by Machine Learning Street Talk: Recommended to people who find it inspiring or perspective-changing on pursuing goals, open-ended search and AI beyond optimization.
How is this ai & data (other) list ranked?
By HackerTube's score: the number of distinct months in which an HN comment recommended the video, plus half a point for every month with a strong recommendation. One viral thread counts less than steady recommendations over years.
Where do the videos come from?
From every Hacker News comment between 2007 and 2026 that linked a YouTube video, labeled by an AI model as a recommendation, a citation, a joke or a criticism. The list is published by HackerTube under ODC-By 1.0; this edition adds indexable pages and the comment context.
Video list and Hacker News comment labels from HackerTube (prompted by @karpathy), released under ODC-By 1.0, built on the open-index/hacker-news archive. Hacker News data is provided by Y Combinator; comments remain the work of their authors. Video titles, channel names and thumbnails belong to their creators and are shown via YouTube. HackerTube Watch is an unofficial edition. Data export of 2026-10-31.