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Frankly, at this point you're just playing semantic games. The goal: To understand why the system is recommending what it's recommending. "Algorithm" is a sh
by BaseballPhysics 4y ago
Frankly, at this point you're just playing semantic games.
The goal: To understand why the system is recommending what it's recommending.
"Algorithm" is a short-hand for that goal.
Everything else is just clever wordplay to try and deflect the conversation.
- nomel 4y ago> "Algorithm" is a short-hand for that goal. I think it's the incorrect word. The "algorithm" requires a few pages of code. "Understanding why it's recommending" requires you get, and sift through, terabytes of user data from Youtube. They're very different.
- BaseballPhysics 4y agoThat's an interesting claim that's based on nothing but your own supposition. How about we get Youtube to show us their algorithm and associated weights (assuming an ML-based approach, which is a huge assumption on your part) and then we can find out if that's true.
- nomel 4y ago> assuming an ML-based approach, which is a huge assumption on your part What more reasonable alternative do you see, with the existence of my personal recommendation feed? I'm not aware of any personal recommendation systems that don't use ML. Do you have any examples in mind?