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Well, if the only actionable data they have about you is that you bought a printer from them, what else are they going to show you? This is the fallacy of mach
by shanghaiaway 8y ago
Well, if the only actionable data they have about you is that you bought a printer from them, what else are they going to show you?
This is the fallacy of machine learning: these systems aren't smart, they're incredibly dumb.
- mmt 8y agoExcept that's not the only datum they have. These aren't banner ads from a third party that's only getting a single keyword "printer". They also know which printer it was, when it was bought, and presumably they could know how long printers last, if not how long that specific printer lasts. The first is certainly enough not to recommend supplies for a different printer. > This is the fallacy of machine learning: these systems aren't smart, they're incredibly dumb. Here, I agree. They're generally no smarter than the people programming them.. reminiscent of any computer system.
- FireBeyond 8y agoGiven that I have upwards of 2,000 Amazon orders spanning ten years, not so much.