> It seems to me that there has been a lot of success in recommendation engines Not as much as you might think: https://apenwarr.ca/log/20190201 "Mainstrea

> It seems to me that there has been a lot of success in recommendation engines Not as much as you might think: https://apenwarr.ca/log/20190201 "Mainstream movies are specially designed to be inoffensive to just about everyone. My Netflix recommendations screen is no longer "Recommended for you," it's "New Releases," and then "Trending Now," and "Watch it again." " "As promised, Netflix paid out their $1 million prize to buy the winning recommendation algorithm, which was even better than their old one. But they didn't use it, they threw it away."