BuzzFeed Trained a Computer to Search for Spy Planes. This Is What We Found

BuzzFeed Trained a Computer to Search for Spy Planes. This Is What We Found(buzzfeed.com)

57 points by ValG 8 years ago | 6 comments

This is both a good article, and a wonderful example of quantitative analysis applied for a news-worthy cause.

I especially like that they have the full data processing code available: https://buzzfeednews.github.io/2017-08-spy-plane-finder/

knrz 8 years ago |

I for one was really pleasantly surprised to be reading this great article — from Buzzfeed of all places!

belovedeagle 8 years ago | |

Buzzfeed has a lot of good journalism, apparently. I never go to their site and seek it out, but when it's linked it's very good like this piece.

It shouldn't be so surprising; if CNN and NYT can fill their sites with clickbait, why can't Buzzfeed step in to fill the gap of investigative journalism? Hell, I trust Buzzfeed more than the other two; at least with Buzzfeed you can tell right away whether you're reading clickbait or real journalism.

jlgaddis 8 years ago | | |

Buzzfeed mostly is (or was; I pretty much stopped reading it) clickbait but every once in a while they have great in-depth, high-quality articles like this. I suppose it takes much longer to investigate and write these articles than it does to churn out the clickbait.

kondro 8 years ago | |

Same thing goes for Vice on a lot of occasions.