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THE TEACHER OF EIGHT MILLION

By Zimbo · October 26, 2026

AI cartoon by Zimbo: Andrew Ng strip: 1976 London boy between two harbors; 2002 Stanford lecture hall; 2011 Google Brain, 16,000 computers learn a cat; 2012 Coursera pours around the globe; 2014-17 Baidu, he walks out; lookout: Ng and Issue the cat in a cable car. HE TAUGHT THE MACHINES. THEN HE TAUGHT EVERYONE ELSE.
Andrew Ng was born in London, raised in Hong Kong and Singapore, and taught the machine-learning class the whole world wanted into — then put it online for free. Google Brain, Coursera, Baidu, and now the lookout: eight million students later, he still says AI is the new electricity. In six panels.Zimbo for AI News Page

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