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Sure, but I don't want that AI to be the same one that has access to all my emails, tracks me across the internet, and knows my google searches.

by ep103 9y ago

euyyn 9y ago
Wouldn't knowing about you help the results be better suited to you? Disclaimer: I have no idea how Google Jobs Search is implemented.
- VLM 9y ago
  The assumption is I google search the things I know and enjoy, which is actually pretty accurate for time-at-home bored-surfing. One problem is I also spend a huge amount of time googling stuff I'm completely uninterested in and hate doing. What wires do you jumper again to test a mid 00s whirlpool freezer icemaker to verify its motor works, again? Once its fixed I never want to see that again, certainly don't want to work as an appliance repairman. Possibly there is an algorithm to analyze behavior. Oh he's searching for freebsd something or other maybe he'd like a sysadmin job. Oh look he's hate-searching for icemaker repair again, better not suggest appliance repair jobs.
  - pthrowaway 9y ago
    If your horror scenario proves true then we'd all end up getting adverts for jobs in porn.
- ep103 9y ago
  How different would your private life be, if you thought there was a chance it could affect your future job prospects? If everything in my personal life were known over the last 20 years, I'd probably be unemployable. Let's just start with politics. I was an activist in my early 20s. When I was young, I had some pretty radical ideas. Google knows that, there's plenty in my gmail about it. Should that really be used to inform my current job prospects, 20 years later? Google knows every time I've taken a sick day and lied about it (I carry my android phone, and use google maps). Etc.
  - euyyn 9y ago
    > I'd probably be unemployable There's no reason for any of your information to be shared with the prospective employers here, no? The flow of information here is from the employers, via Google, to you, not the other way around. Your information, plus what you type, would just filter that info down to what you actually care about.

Sure, but I don't want that AI to be the same one that has access to all my emails, tracks me across the internet, and knows my google searches.

by ep103 9y ago

Sure, but I don't want that AI to be the same one that has access to all my emails, tracks me across the internet, and knows my google searches.

euyyn 9y ago

Wouldn't knowing about you help the results be better suited to you? Disclaimer: I have no idea how Google Jobs Search is implemented.

VLM 9y ago
The assumption is I google search the things I know and enjoy, which is actually pretty accurate for time-at-home bored-surfing. One problem is I also spend a huge amount of time googling stuff I'm completely uninterested in and hate doing. What wires do you jumper again to test a mid 00s whirlpool freezer icemaker to verify its motor works, again? Once its fixed I never want to see that again, certainly don't want to work as an appliance repairman. Possibly there is an algorithm to analyze behavior. Oh he's searching for freebsd something or other maybe he'd like a sysadmin job. Oh look he's hate-searching for icemaker repair again, better not suggest appliance repair jobs.
- pthrowaway 9y ago
  If your horror scenario proves true then we'd all end up getting adverts for jobs in porn.
ep103 9y ago
How different would your private life be, if you thought there was a chance it could affect your future job prospects? If everything in my personal life were known over the last 20 years, I'd probably be unemployable. Let's just start with politics. I was an activist in my early 20s. When I was young, I had some pretty radical ideas. Google knows that, there's plenty in my gmail about it. Should that really be used to inform my current job prospects, 20 years later? Google knows every time I've taken a sick day and lied about it (I carry my android phone, and use google maps). Etc.
- euyyn 9y ago
  > I'd probably be unemployable There's no reason for any of your information to be shared with the prospective employers here, no? The flow of information here is from the employers, via Google, to you, not the other way around. Your information, plus what you type, would just filter that info down to what you actually care about.