“A computer, for instance, can remember everything and work at blinding speed, so it gains a huge advantage by not having to wait for the teacher. And when data appear “in the wild”–or generated for free on the Web–it can be just the thing for the computer as student.”
Peter Norvig, Computers Make Great Students: The great leap forward in unsupervised learning. 06.22.09, 06:00 PM EDT