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The key insight missed by this paper (and people from the marketing field in general) is that cases like that are extremely rare compared to easy to predict cas
by mgraczyk 4y ago
The key insight missed by this paper (and people from the marketing field in general) is that cases like that are extremely rare compared to easy to predict cases. They don't matter right now at all for most products, from the perspective of marketing ROI.
Also ML can predict that, BTW. Facebook knows you are connected to your parents. If the pillow seller tells Facebook that your parents bought the pillow, then Facebook knows and may choose to show you an ad for that pillow.
- gwbas1c 4y ago> Also ML can predict that, BTW. Facebook knows you are connected to your parents. If the pillow seller tells Facebook that your parents bought the pillow, then Facebook knows and may choose to show you an ad for that pillow. I think you're letting your imagination run away, and I think you're trying to exceed the limits of the kind of information that you can collect and act upon. What you're trying to do is mind reading, and computers physically cannot do that. (Nor can people)
- mgraczyk 4y agoIt's not mind reading, I explained how it works. You are friends with your parents on Facebook. Your parents buy the pillow. The pillow seller tells facebook that your parents bought the pillow. Now Facebook knows that somebody who is your friend recently bought the pillow. Facebook may decide to show you an ad for that pillow because somebody who is your friend recently bought the pillow. The result may look like "mind reading", but it's actually very simple in terms of actual prediction.