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Amazon does a remarkably good job of predicting what I'll buy and I frequently add to my purchases.
by abirch 4y ago
Amazon does a remarkably good job of predicting what I'll buy and I frequently add to my purchases.
- mrguyorama 4y agoAre you the mythical person buying 15 vacuum cleaners at the same time?
- abirch 4y agoNo, I'm the person who doesn't know the great things to buy with my Raspberry Pi. Thanks to great predictions from Amazon's part, they get me to buy more. Similar to how Netflix does a pretty good job of recommending movies.
- marcosdumay 4y agoThey are not at the same time. There are entire days of interval!
- bschne 4y agoI know this is slightly off what the article is concerned with, but the important question in a business context is whether this prediction is worth anything, i.e. whether it can be turned into revenue that wouldn't be generated in the absence of the prediction.