a16z podcast: it s not what you say, it s how you say it — when language meets big data /

 
When most people think of spacious data they think of numbers, but it turns out that a lot of spacious data -- a lot of the output of our work and activity as humans in fact -- is in the form of words. So what can we learn when we apply machine learning and natural language processing techniques to text? The findings may surprise you. And what's up with those findings about differences in how men and women picture themselves on their resumes -- or are described by others in their performance reviews? MORE

Source: a16z.com