that would work. i would be utterly shocked if an experiment like that still found related ads. (you'd probably also want a prior on the baseline prevalence of

that would work. i would be utterly shocked if an experiment like that still found related ads. (you'd probably also want a prior on the baseline prevalence of various topics.) assuming that's all true, good news is that they're not doing any totally illegal spying. bad news is, they don't have to. > If you are seeing dozens of ads a day on Instagram and suddenly you have some "random" topic in your head you will mentally connect them. ahh yes. incidentally that sort of behavior is often linked with the onset of poor mental health. there are some interesting questions around the limits of personalization and impacts on mental health. if the machine behaves like magic, specifically on a personal level, does that encourage magical thinking?