I think this would be fascinating to work on, the size and variety of FB's data is mind boggling. If I was looking for a job and had more ML experience (it's only been a focus of mine for the past year or so) then I would be finding out how to get on that team.
Any interesting ideas I have involve a heavy machine learning component. I'm sure the most valuable software companies in the future will have too.
Ah yes. There are still some little shreds of privacy left somewhere in the world, so why not help Facebook with that? It's an engineering challenge, Yay!
Also, Wall Street is not yet completely done destroying the US economy (and others with it), and I bet they could use your help too. You could do your part in providing liquidity to the markets. Everyone loves liquidity! Besides, it's challenging, mathy work! Yay.
Same here. I've also been heavily occupied with ML and AI for the past year or two. I think it's going to usher in the next phase of computers, we'll see. Computers are finally getting fast enough to do some interesting things with all of this data we're creating.
Any interesting ideas I have involve a heavy machine learning component. I'm sure the most valuable software companies in the future will have too.