# Andrew Ng ![[50 Resources/51 Attachments/51.03 Public/2026-03-16 Andrew Ng.jpg|400]] Andrew Ng is a British-American computer scientist, entrepreneur, and one of the most influential figures in [[Artificial Intelligence (AI)]] and [[Machine Learning (ML)]]. He co-founded Google Brain, was Chief Scientist at Baidu, and is the founder of deeplearning.ai and Landing AI. His online courses on machine learning and [[Deep Learning]] — first on Stanford's platform, then on Coursera (which he co-founded) — have been taken by millions of people worldwide, making him arguably the most impactful educator in the field. He is an Adjunct Professor at Stanford University and a strong advocate for making AI accessible and practical. His work spans both foundational research (large-scale unsupervised learning, reinforcement learning) and applied AI (manufacturing, healthcare, agriculture). ## Key contributions - **Google Brain** (2011): Co-founded the deep learning research project at Google, which famously trained a neural network on YouTube videos that learned to recognize cats — demonstrating unsupervised feature learning at scale - **Coursera** (2012): Co-founded the online education platform with Daphne Koller, starting with his Stanford ML course that became one of the most enrolled online courses in history - **Baidu AI Group** (2014–2017): Led Baidu's ~1,300-person AI group as Chief Scientist, advancing speech recognition and other AI capabilities - **deeplearning.ai** (2017): Founded to provide accessible [[Deep Learning]] education; produces the Deep Learning Specialization and AI for Everyone courses - **Landing AI** (2017): Founded to bring AI to manufacturing and other industries, pioneering the data-centric AI approach - **AI Fund**: Venture studio building AI-powered startups ## Notable ideas - **Data-centric AI**: Shifting focus from model architecture to data quality — improving the data is often more effective than tuning the model - **AI is the new electricity**: His framing that AI will transform every industry, similar to how electricity did a century ago - **The AI Transformation Playbook**: A practical guide for enterprises adopting AI ## Quotes <!-- QueryToSerialize: LIST FROM #type/quote AND [[Andrew Ng]] WHERE public_note = true SORT file.name ASC --> ## Books <!-- QueryToSerialize: LIST FROM #type/book AND [[Andrew Ng]] WHERE public_note = true SORT file.name ASC --> ## Related - [[Artificial Intelligence (AI)]] - [[Machine Learning (ML)]] - [[Deep Learning]] - [[Neural Networks (NNs)]] - [[Geoffrey Hinton]] - [[Yann LeCun]] ## References - https://www.andrewng.org/ - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Ng - https://www.deeplearning.ai/