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No and this was discussed like, years ago and was just as invalid then. What is motivating this junk?

• cookie_monsta 5y ago
  I guess being that ML is a developing field it's worth checking back in from time to time. But with counter-intuitive claims like: > Facebook’s machine learning tools predict your preferences better than any psychologist. breezily thrown in without anything to back them up, it doesn't feel like a very serious piece
  • jkhdigital 5y ago
    This is from The Guardian, a popular (as in, for the general population) news publication. Expectations should probably be calibrated accordingly.
• dang 5y ago
  "Please don't post shallow dismissals, especially of other people's work. A good critical comment teaches us something." https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html