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> Whenever I’m in a major metropolitan area, Google Maps seems to have an obsession with displaying as many hotels, bars, and clubs on the map as it can. This h
by karaterobot 3y ago
> Whenever I’m in a major metropolitan area, Google Maps seems to have an obsession with displaying as many hotels, bars, and clubs on the map as it can. This happens even when I haven’t searched for a single hotel or bar.
All this data they slurp up about me, and they can't even figure out that I checked into my hotel and slept in it last night, and am probably not looking for another nearby hotel today. Or that I never go to nightclubs, and probably won't be going to one today either. They say they collect data to improve their products, not just to sell it to advertisers. I believe they sell it to advertisers, I'm starting to suspect they don't use it to make better products at all.
- prepend 3y agoThis is why I think google sucks at AI and is just BSing. If they actually had decent AI, they’d know this stuff and customize the experience. Some cynically think they know and are just money grubbers. But I think they don’t know, because it’s hard. And there’s no motivation for them to know.