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Netflix actually organized a major machine learning competition more than a decade ago[1] with thousands of the best researchers trying to beat some internal be
by bra-ket 6y ago
Netflix actually organized a major machine learning competition more than a decade ago[1] with thousands of the best researchers trying to beat some internal benchmark by a few percent, for $1M prize, I'm wondering where did all that "learning" go.
My guess is that whatever rankings they currently produce maximize some internal revenue target and that target' user base is not me or you.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netflix_Prize https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netflix_Prize
- Havoc 6y agoYup. It just ends up irritating users though if the suggestions break basic common sense. If I watched S01E04 yesterday I want to watch S01E05 today. The interface should be suggesting that PLUS whatever else the ML comes up with in addition, not instead of. Prime is full of minor irritations like that make me wonder whether Amazon engineers dogfood enough