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This is a good observation and I share the sentiment. AI/ML is great at optimizing what you're currently doing. While it can also find correlations and connect
by gxs 8y ago
This is a good observation and I share the sentiment.
AI/ML is great at optimizing what you're currently doing. While it can also find correlations and connections that you may miss without it, it's unlikely that it will make any radical recommendations.
IMO this is ok because AI/ML can evolve into that capacity - you have to take baby steps after all.
But in the interim, it's definitely something to watch out for - you don't want to take away the element or principal of randomness out of life - it's at the core of how we operate, innovate, and (almost quite literally) how we evolve.
- GraffitiTim 8y agoIt would be interesting to see ML recommendations of the form "There is a 75% chance you'll LOVE this movie, 25% chance you'll hate it" rather than only "98% chance you'll like this movie". Right now those 75% movies are actively hidden, as 75% is considered a bad prediction. In other words, rather than optimizing for zero risk of disliking something, allow the user to optimize for the possibility of truly loving something, or being surprised. Especially on Netflix, where the risk is you stop part way through and switch to something else!
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