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> devoid of AI I guess that depends on what you consider AI. In his example of "good weather -> more BBQ stuff", of course that might be some particular hardc
by commandlinefan 4y ago
> devoid of AI
I guess that depends on what you consider AI. In his example of "good weather -> more BBQ stuff", of course that might be some particular hardcoded rule that occurred to a human at some point, but it's far more likely that datamining identified that particular correlation, and many others (like the famous example of the grocery store that started stocking beer next to diapers when data mining discovered that beer and diapers were often bought together).
- TimedToasts 4y agoNielsen (of TV ratings fame) has been selling this sort of data mining to grocers for decades. Decades ago I worked for a small regional chain and we based a lot of decisions off that data - we could have never done it on our own. For any item in our stores we could get a list of other items that were commonly purchased together, for example. I'm sure it's even fancier nowadays.