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Best AI & data (other) videos, as recommended on Hacker News

17 videos about ai & data (other) that Hacker News commenters keep recommending, mentioned between 2011 and 2026. Mostly talk, other, demo. Channels that come up most: Machine Learning Street Talk, Google TechTalks, Louie V, SmarterEveryDay. Sorted by how consistently HN recommended them over the years.

The most recommended is Why Greatness Cannot Be Planned — Kenneth Stanley: Recommended to people who find it inspiring or perspective-changing on pursuing goals, open-ended search and AI beyond optimization.

• interviewWhy Greatness Cannot Be Planned — Kenneth StanleyMachine Learning Street Talk · 4 HN recommenders · 2021–2024
• talkPlaying to Lose: AI and "Civilization" (Soren Johnson)Google TechTalks · 2 HN recommenders · 2011–2026
• otherColonel JD AI Codec Conversation MGS2 HDLouie V · 3 HN recommenders · 2020–2025
• explainerManipulating the YouTube Algorithm - (Part 1/3) Smarter Every Day 213SmarterEveryDay · 2 HN recommenders · 2019–2021
• talkBeware online "filter bubbles" | Eli PariserTED · 2 HN recommenders · 2012–2025
• demoHound Internal DemoHound by SoundHound Inc. · 2 HN recommenders · 2015–2019
• talkStanford Seminar - Unethical Algorithms of Massive ScaleStanford Online · 2 HN recommenders · 2017–2022
• podcastDouglas Lenat: Cyc and the Quest to Solve Common Sense Reasoning in AI | Lex Fridman Podcast #221Lex Fridman · 3 HN recommenders · 2021–2023
• commentaryMy Video Went Viral. Here's WhyVeritasium · 2 HN recommenders · 2019–2023
• talkConsciousness in Artificial Intelligence | John Searle | Talks at GoogleTalks at Google · 2 HN recommenders · 2015–2017
• documentaryThe Lighthill Debate (1973) - part 1 of 6bilkable · 2 HN recommenders · 2016–2021
• commentaryAI does not exist but it will ruin everything anywayAngela Collier · 1 HN recommender · 2023–2026
• talkHuman ComputationGoogleTalksArchive · 1 HN recommender · 2013–2019
• lectureThe Lighthill debate on Artificial Intelligence: "The general purpose robot is a mirage"Pierre-Yves Oudeyer · 1 HN recommender · 2019–2025
• otherGod Mode (Person of Interest)(2 x 22)Person of Interest Highlights · 1 HN recommender · 2019–2023
• lectureRichard Feynman: Can Machines Think?Lex Clips · 1 HN recommender · 2022–2025
• demoFirst NetHack bot ascensionJan K · 1 HN recommender · 2015–2022