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The Timeline We’re on Is Even Darker Than ‘The Matrix’ Envisioned
- Apocryphon 5y ago> And Amazon’s predictive algorithm for what it calls “anticipatory shipping” uses artificial intelligence to predict what you’ll order and stock it in a warehouse near you, for same-day delivery. This is a vision where the internet amounts to little more than a big, mind-reading “vending machine,” providing products the moment you think of them, or earlier. Same as it always was: Christmas shopping the IBM way: computerized gift selection in 1962 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29687282 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29687282