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Re:Why is Machine Learning the Most Popular Course at Stanford? by tudorconstantin on Monday December 30, 2013 @02:40AM (#6983571)
The article is not saying why it is the most popular course. It only says that Ng is a personality and that ML is a hot topic these days. What is this different from other hot topics like trading, big data, or social networks analysis?
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Re:Why is Machine Learning the Most Popular Course at Stanford? by saraid216 on Monday December 30, 2013 @03:05AM (#6983632)
In other words, it's the most popular course because it was offered near the beginning of the MOOC craze.
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Re:Why is Machine Learning the Most Popular Course at Stanford? by yen223 on Monday December 30, 2013 @03:10AM (#6983646)
Bingo. If I remember correctly, Udacity also started with the excellent AI course by Sebastian Thrun.
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