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Why Greatness Cannot Be Planned — Kenneth Stanley
Machine Learning Street Talk · 4 HN recommenders · 5 recommendation months
Recommended by 4 Hacker News commenters across 5 months (2021–2024).
SignalTube analysis
Among 7 other interview videos tagged Machine learning & deep learning, the mean is 1.3 distinct HN recommenders. This video has 4 distinct HN recommenders, about 3.1× that mean. Recommendations span 5 distinct months; the peer average is 1.1 months. This is a data-derived comparison, not a human review or quality rating.
89% of its 9 labeled comments are marked as recommendations or strong recommendations. HN mention years are 2021–2024; those years describe discussion history, not upload date. A verified runtime is not present in the current metadata snapshot. A verified YouTube publication date is not present in the current metadata snapshot.
- Channel / speaker
- Machine Learning Street Talk
- Verified runtime
- Not verified in the current YouTube metadata
- YouTube upload date
- Not verified
- Hacker News mention years
- 2021–2024
SAME TOPIC AND FORMAT
Compare with related videos
The comparison cohort uses other interview videos in Machine learning & deep learning. “Shared recommenders” counts HN users who recommended both videos in the source graph.
| Video | HN recommenders | Recommendation months | Positive label share | Shared recommenders | Runtime | Upload date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Why Greatness Cannot Be Planned — Kenneth StanleyCurrent video | 4 | 5 | 89% | — | Not verified in the current YouTube metadata | Not verified |
| Full interview: "Godfather of artificial intelligence" talks impact and potential of AIinterview · CBS Mornings | 3 | 2 | 60% | No recorded overlap | Not verified | Not verified |
| Jeff Hawkins: Thousand Brains Theory of Intelligence | Lex Fridman Podcast #25interview · Lex Fridman | 2 | 2 | 50% | No recorded overlap | Not verified | Not verified |
| Geoffrey Hinton in conversation with Fei-Fei Li — Responsible AI developmentinterview · Arts & Science - University of Toronto | 2 | 2 | 67% | No recorded overlap | Not verified | Not verified |
THREE SOURCE-BASED CONTEXT POINTS
Why Hacker News recommends it
Each note combines the dataset’s stance label and short rationale; comment bodies are not reproduced. Open the HN source for the original discussion.
The archive classifies this as a recommendation in “Abandoning Objectives: Evolution with the Search for Novelty Alone (2011) [pdf]”. Its short rationale: Excellent long-form MLST interview with Stanley.
The archive classifies this as a contextual reference in “Lessons from history's greatest R&D labs”. Its short rationale: Ken Stanley explaining his concept that greatness cannot be planned.
The archive classifies this as a recommendation in “Campus College of Letters and Science plans to limit high-demand majors”. Its short rationale: Great, very long video on open-endedness with Kenneth Stanley.