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Facebook fires trending team, and algorithm without humans goes crazy
- sattoshi 10y agoSeems like their AI didn't work as expected... Tay says hi.
- joshmn 10y agoOh Tay, we meet again. How I missed you.
- zigzigzag 10y agotl;dr: Journalist at left-wing newspaper writes article saying that machines can't possibly replace news workers. Evidence is three anecdotes, muddied by possible confusion over the goals. The name "Trending" suggests it's meant to highlight stories that are trending upwards in popularity. It seems the Guardian may have confused this with "highlight stories that are meant to appeal to people like Guardian readers". Anyway, what are they arguing, really? Machines can't select news stories? Google News proves that they can.