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I agree that will be a start. But knowing that you need more diapers isn't particularly revolutionary - just order the same ones, we are almost there - just ha
by xivzgrev 10y ago
I agree that will be a start. But knowing that you need more diapers isn't particularly revolutionary - just order the same ones, we are almost there - just have to connect the cabinet to Amazon dash.
What will blow my mind is when we have computers that can take an idea - "shit, I just had a kid, I need diapers" - and successfully mimic my purchase criteria and find the diapers that I would've found in my own research process. It wouldn't need me to define my purchase criteria - it would already know me well enough to successfully predict in most cases.
At some point we'll have mind readers. Be careful of thinking you want a jelly donut - Postmastes is already on the way.
- TAForObvReasons 10y ago> At some point we'll have mind readers. Be careful of thinking you want a jelly donut - Postmastes is already on the way. For years, Target has been trying to find likely pregnant women based on shopping patterns. There's a strange anecdote where a daughter received pregnancy-related ads and it turned out she was actually pregnant! NYT article discussing this: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/19/magazine/shopping-habits.html?_r=0 http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/19/magazine/shopping-habits.h...