Rethinking the Algorithm

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Instagram, along with its massive employee base of 13 people, was sold to Facebook for $1 billion in 2012. "I've never seen so many jobs drop, all in unison," says Instagram co-founder Mike Krieger. The company is now working on a new type of algorithm called reinforcement learning that could revolutionize the way we use social media.

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(00:00) – Introduction
(08:26) – Origin of Instagram
(50:33) – New social networks
(1:09:38) – Selling Instagram to Facebook
(1:32:40) – Features
(1:36:47) – Facebook
(2:13:28) – Whistleblower
(2:24:47) – Machine learning
(2:34:45) – Advice for startups
(2:40:37) – Money
(2:46:37) – Love
(2:48:54) – Meaning of life