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Best Machine learning & deep learning videos, as recommended on Hacker News
111 videos about machine learning & deep learning that Hacker News commenters keep recommending, mentioned between 2007 and 2026. Mostly talk, explainer, lecture. Channels that come up most: Andrej Karpathy, 3Blue1Brown, Lex Fridman, Google TechTalks. Sorted by how consistently HN recommended them over the years.
The most recommended is The spelled-out intro to neural networks and backpropagation: building micrograd: HN treats it as the best starting point for really understanding backprop and neural nets, because Karpathy explains the why with intuition and builds everything in code.
lectureThe spelled-out intro to neural networks and backpropagation: building microgradAndrej Karpathy · 17 HN recommenders · 2022–2025
explainerBut what is a neural network? | Deep learning chapter 13Blue1Brown · 16 HN recommenders · 2017–2025
documentaryAlphaGo - The Movie | Full award-winning documentaryGoogle DeepMind · 10 HN recommenders · 2020–2025
explainerTransformers, the tech behind LLMs | Deep Learning Chapter 53Blue1Brown · 13 HN recommenders · 2024–2026
talkUSENIX Security '18-Q: Why Do Keynote Speakers Keep Suggesting That Improving Security Is Possible?USENIX · 10 HN recommenders · 2018–2026
courseLecture 1 | Machine Learning (Stanford)Stanford · 11 HN recommenders · 2008–2020
demoMarI/O - Machine Learning for Video GamesSethBling · 10 HN recommenders · 2015–2026
lectureDeep Dive into LLMs like ChatGPTAndrej Karpathy · 10 HN recommenders · 2025–2026
demoComputer program that learns to play classic NES gamessuckerpinch · 9 HN recommenders · 2015–2025
courseRL Course by David Silver - Lecture 1: Introduction to Reinforcement LearningGoogle DeepMind · 9 HN recommenders · 2017–2026
tutorialLet's build GPT: from scratch, in code, spelled out.Andrej Karpathy · 14 HN recommenders · 2023–2025
talkBay Area Vision Meeting: Unsupervised Feature Learning and Deep LearningGoogle TechTalks · 9 HN recommenders · 2011–2013
tutorialA Hackers' Guide to Language ModelsJeremy Howard · 8 HN recommenders · 2023–2024
talkAndrej Karpathy - AI for Full-Self Driving at TeslaMatroid · 4 HN recommenders · 2020–2022
talk[1hr Talk] Intro to Large Language ModelsAndrej Karpathy · 9 HN recommenders · 2023–2026
podcastJoscha Bach: Artificial Consciousness and the Nature of Reality | Lex Fridman Podcast #101Lex Fridman · 6 HN recommenders · 2020–2021
tutorialTensorflow and deep learning - without a PhD by Martin GörnerDevoxx · 6 HN recommenders · 2017–2020
talkBrains, Sex, and Machine LearningGoogle TechTalks · 7 HN recommenders · 2012–2017
talkRobocalypse Now: Using Deep Learning to Combat Cheating in Counter-Strike: Global OffensiveGDC Festival of Gaming · 5 HN recommenders · 2021–2025
interviewWhy Greatness Cannot Be Planned — Kenneth StanleyMachine Learning Street Talk · 4 HN recommenders · 2021–2024
courseLecture 01 - The Learning Problemcaltech · 5 HN recommenders · 2016–2023
explainerFuture Computers Will Be Radically Different (Analog Computing)Veritasium · 7 HN recommenders · 2022–2025
comedyUppestcase and Lowestcase Letters [advances in derp learning]suckerpinch · 5 HN recommenders · 2021–2026
lectureLet's build the GPT TokenizerAndrej Karpathy · 5 HN recommenders · 2024–2025
tutorialHello World - Machine Learning Recipes #1Google for Developers · 6 HN recommenders · 2016–2017
explainerAttention in transformers, step-by-step | Deep Learning Chapter 63Blue1Brown · 5 HN recommenders · 2024–2026
talkGDC 2018: John McDonald (Valve) - Using Deep Learning to Combat Cheating in CSGOmax4warn · 5 HN recommenders · 2018–2026
lectureLSTM is dead. Long Live Transformers!Seattle Applied Deep Learning · 4 HN recommenders · 2020–2023
podcastGeorge Hotz: Hacking the Simulation & Learning to Drive with Neural Nets | Lex Fridman Podcast #132Lex Fridman · 6 HN recommenders · 2020–2026
explainerAttention Is All You NeedYannic Kilcher · 4 HN recommenders · 2020–2025
talkThe Simple Essence of Automatic Differentiation - Conal ElliottMicrosoft Research · 3 HN recommenders · 2018–2023
explainerBackpropagation, intuitively | Deep Learning Chapter 33Blue1Brown · 4 HN recommenders · 2017–2024
explainerTraining AI Without Writing A Reward Function, with Reward ModellingRobert Miles AI Safety · 3 HN recommenders · 2019–2023
talkAli Rahimi's talk at NIPS(NIPS 2017 Test-of-time award presentation)ObservantVids · 3 HN recommenders · 2018–2025
demoPlaying a Neural Network's version of GTA V: GAN Theft Autosentdex · 3 HN recommenders · 2021–2025
talkConnections between physics and deep learningMITCBMM · 3 HN recommenders · 2016–2026
demoDeepmind artificial intelligence @ FDOT14Elizr · 2 HN recommenders · 2014–2016
explainerGradient descent, how neural networks learn | Deep Learning Chapter 23Blue1Brown · 4 HN recommenders · 2017–2024
lectureWill AI outsmart human intelligence? - with 'Godfather of AI' Geoffrey HintonThe Royal Institution · 3 HN recommenders · 2025–2025
talkai.bythebay.io: George Hotz, Self-Driving Lessons from Comma AIFunctionalTV · 3 HN recommenders · 2018–2021
lectureLecture 1 | Natural Language Processing with Deep LearningStanford University School of Engineering · 3 HN recommenders · 2017–2018
demoStealing Baseball Signs with a Phone (Machine Learning)Mark Rober · 3 HN recommenders · 2019–2023
talkState of GPT | BRK216HFSMicrosoft Developer · 6 HN recommenders · 2023–2025
tutorialNeural Networks Demystified [Part 1: Data and Architecture]Welch Labs · 3 HN recommenders · 2015–2018
podcastAndrej Karpathy: Tesla AI, Self-Driving, Optimus, Aliens, and AGI | Lex Fridman Podcast #333Lex Fridman · 3 HN recommenders · 2022–2025
lectureDo we need Attention? - Linear RNNs and State Space Models (SSMs) for NLPSasha Rush · 3 HN recommenders · 2024–2024
talk[CVPR'21 WAD] Keynote - Andrej Karpathy, TeslaWAD at CVPR · 4 HN recommenders · 2021–2023
talkGoogle Developers Day US - Theorizing from DataGoogleDeveloperDay · 3 HN recommenders · 2007–2009
lecturePeter Norvig - The Unreasonable Effectiveness of DataUBC Computer Science · 3 HN recommenders · 2012–2026
lectureLecture 1: Introduction to Information TheoryJakob Foerster · 3 HN recommenders · 2018–2024
demoInfinite Mario AI - Long LevelRobin Baumgarten · 3 HN recommenders · 2009–2012
talkRAAIS 2017 - Simon Knowles, Co-Founder and CTO of GraphcoreThe Research and Applied AI Summit - RAAIS · 3 HN recommenders · 2017–2018
lectureCS480/680 Lecture 19: Attention and Transformer NetworksPascal Poupart · 3 HN recommenders · 2023–2023
tutorialThe spelled-out intro to language modeling: building makemoreAndrej Karpathy · 2 HN recommenders · 2024–2024
talkTesla Autonomy DayTesla · 3 HN recommenders · 2019–2024
lectureStanford Seminar: Beyond Floating Point: Next Generation Computer ArithmeticStanford Online · 5 HN recommenders · 2017–2021
talkJoscha: From Computation to Consciousness (31c3)Joscha Bach · 3 HN recommenders · 2016–2019
explainerLarge Language Models from scratchGraphics in 5 Minutes · 3 HN recommenders · 2023–2024
explainerAI Language Models & Transformers - ComputerphileComputerphile · 3 HN recommenders · 2022–2025
interviewJeff Hawkins: Thousand Brains Theory of Intelligence | Lex Fridman Podcast #25Lex Fridman · 2 HN recommenders · 2019–2021
coursePractical Deep Learning for Coders: Lesson 1Jeremy Howard · 2 HN recommenders · 2022–2023
lectureSacha Arnoud, Director of Engineering, Waymo - MIT Self-Driving CarsLex Fridman · 3 HN recommenders · 2018–2023
talkTesla AI Day 2022Tesla · 2 HN recommenders · 2022–2026
explainerAlphaFold - The Most Useful Thing AI Has Ever DoneVeritasium · 2 HN recommenders · 2025–2026
explainerAlpha Zero's "Immortal Zugzwang Game" against Stockfishagadmator's Chess Channel · 2 HN recommenders · 2019–2025
talkHC2023-K2: Hardware for Deep Learninghotchipsvideos · 2 HN recommenders · 2023–2025
talkAndrew Ng: Artificial Intelligence is the New ElectricityStanford Graduate School of Business · 2 HN recommenders · 2017–2019
explainerAI can't cross this line and we don't know why.Welch Labs · 2 HN recommenders · 2024–2025
demoKarl Sims - Evolved Virtual Creatures, Evolution Simulation, 1994MediaArtTube · 2 HN recommenders · 2014–2022
talkPeter Norvig at Startup School 08startupschool · 2 HN recommenders · 2009–2014
explainerOpenAI Plays Hide and Seek…and Breaks The Game! 🤖Two Minute Papers · 2 HN recommenders · 2020–2021
demoEnhancing Photorealism EnhancementISL and Collaborators · 2 HN recommenders · 2021–2025
interviewGeoffrey Hinton in conversation with Fei-Fei Li — Responsible AI developmentArts & Science - University of Toronto · 2 HN recommenders · 2024–2024
explainerMENACE: the pile of matchboxes which can learnStand-up Maths · 2 HN recommenders · 2018–2026
talkRecent Developments in Deep LearningGoogle TechTalks · 3 HN recommenders · 2010–2026
explainerAI Learns Noise Filtering For Photorealistic Videos | Two Minute Papers #215Two Minute Papers · 2 HN recommenders · 2018–2019
talkAI Ethics, Impossibility Theorems and Tradeoffs - Chris Stucchio | Crunch 2018CraftHub Events · 2 HN recommenders · 2019–2021
talkIntroducing Nx - José Valim | Lambda Days 2021Code Sync · 2 HN recommenders · 2021–2021
talkJohn Schulman - Reinforcement Learning from Human Feedback: Progress and ChallengesUC Berkeley EECS · 2 HN recommenders · 2023–2023
lectureTrends in Deep Learning Hardware: Bill Dally (NVIDIA)Paul G. Allen School · 3 HN recommenders · 2023–2024
interviewFull interview: "Godfather of artificial intelligence" talks impact and potential of AICBS Mornings · 3 HN recommenders · 2023–2023
podcastWhy Can't AI Make Its Own Discoveries? — With Yann LeCunAlex Kantrowitz · 2 HN recommenders · 2025–2026
lectureGeoffrey Hinton talk "What is wrong with convolutional neural nets ?"trwappers · 2 HN recommenders · 2017–2018
explainerBackpropagation calculus | Deep Learning Chapter 43Blue1Brown · 3 HN recommenders · 2017–2024
lectureLecture 1 | Introduction to Convolutional Neural Networks for Visual RecognitionStanford University School of Engineering · 2 HN recommenders · 2018–2025
interviewChris Lattner: Compilers, LLVM, Swift, TPU, and ML Accelerators | Lex Fridman Podcast #21Lex Fridman · 2 HN recommenders · 2019–2025
documentaryThe Lighthill Debate (1973) - part 1 of 6bilkable · 2 HN recommenders · 2016–2021
explainerTraining an unbeatable AI in TrackmaniaYosh · 1 HN recommender · 2024–2025
commentaryAI does not exist but it will ruin everything anywayAngela Collier · 1 HN recommender · 2023–2026
courseCS231n Winter 2016: Lecture1: Introduction and Historical ContextAndrej Karpathy · 2 HN recommenders · 2016–2023
demoPREDATOR - Tracker that learns and improvesZdenek Kalal · 1 HN recommender · 2011–2023
talkBuilding Brains to Understand the World's DataGoogle TechTalks · 1 HN recommender · 2013–2017
commentaryHow AlphaZero Completely CRUSHED StockfishGothamChess · 1 HN recommender · 2021–2022
talkJim Keller - Moore's Law in the age of AI ChipsMatroid · 1 HN recommender · 2020–2020
explainerGradIEEEnt half decent: The hidden power of imprecise linessuckerpinch · 1 HN recommender · 2023–2024
demoDeep Visualization ToolboxJason Yosinski · 1 HN recommender · 2016–2025
demoSpeech Recognition Breakthrough for the Spoken, Translated WordMicrosoft Research · 1 HN recommender · 2013–2024
talkVisualizing Data Using t-SNEGoogle TechTalks · 1 HN recommender · 2013–2019
demoJourney on the Deep DreamRoger Luedecke · 1 HN recommender · 2016–2017
explainerVACNET Anti-cheat3kliksphilip · 1 HN recommender · 2019–2023
talkClojure is Not Afraid of the GPU - Dragan DjuricClojureTV · 1 HN recommender · 2016–2018
explainerNeural Network Learns The Physics of Fluids and Smoke | Two Minute Papers #118Two Minute Papers · 1 HN recommender · 2017–2024
explainerBut how do AI images and videos actually work? | Guest video by Welch Labs3Blue1Brown · 1 HN recommender · 2025–2026
demoMulti-Agent Hide and SeekOpenAI · 1 HN recommender · 2019–2024
demoCVPR 2018: Learning to See in the DarkChen Chen · 1 HN recommender · 2018–2020
talkHuman AI is Decades Away, But We Need to Start the Debate Now | Demis Hassabis | Google ZeitgeistGoogle Zeitgeist · 1 HN recommender · 2015–2016
talkSwift for TensorFlow: The Next-Generation Machine Learning Framework (TF Dev Summit '19)TensorFlow · 1 HN recommender · 2019–2023
talkKen Stanley: Discovery Without Objectivesfzambetta75 · 1 HN recommender · 2016–2018
talkExperiences Building Edge TPU with ChiselChisel · 1 HN recommender · 2019–2025
talkBuilding the Software 2 0 Stack (Andrej Karpathy)Databricks · 1 HN recommender · 2019–2022
explainerWe Were Right! Real Inner MisalignmentRobert Miles AI Safety · 1 HN recommender · 2023–2023