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I don't want a GPT spoken interface to give me the top 20 events: I want it to give me 1-2 events that I am most likely to enjoy. This is fundamentally impossi

I don't want a GPT spoken interface to give me the top 20 events: I want it to give me 1-2 events that I am most likely to enjoy. This is fundamentally impossible for a computer though, because even if a computer has perfect historical information about you it can't know some random things that would change your mind in the moment. For example, if you've been to every gig a band has done for years, but at the last one your girlfriend dumped you, a recommendation engine is still going to suggest that band's gigs even though it's unlikely you want to be reminded about them. To most users that immediately looks like a bad recommendation. If the system is only suggesting 1 thing then the whole system looks broken. The only way around that is to increase the number of recommendations. Hence every system giving out 10+ options - because the people who make it want it to be slightly better than useless.

skeledrew 3y ago
Not fundamentally impossible. Just as a friend may know not to recommend the gig as they're aware of the breakup, so can an AI. Heck after conversing with Pi a few weeks ago, I'm fairly convinced it'd at this point be able to handle that kind of nuance if it had access to the relevant data.
- ethbr1 3y ago
  >> but at the last one your girlfriend dumped you "I've recognized you removed all future calendar events related to {girlfriend} and your recent text messages concerning her had a negative sentiment. Did you break up?" Not the world I'd want to live in... but for people less concerned about their data, I can't say it wouldn't be useful!
krisoft 3y ago
> For example, if you've been to every gig a band has done for years, but at the last one your girlfriend dumped you, a recommendation engine is still going to suggest that band's gigs even though it's unlikely you want to be reminded about them. I mean sure, but just think about it, wouldn't the same happen if you have a friend telling you about the event? Or if you had an attentive concierge trying to organise programs for you? How would you like them to handle it? Not by blindly listing more programs that is for sure. "Hey you love Blasted Monkeys. Did you know they are having a gig this weekend?" "Nah, man. We had a bad breakup with Samantha at their last one. And besides it was really her thing and I was just tagging along." "Oh, that's rough. I didn't know. Blast those monkeys then. How about a day a the beach then? There will be a surf class at ..." This is the kind of interface a spoken event recommender should have. Is this much harder than just listing events? Yes, it is much harder. The problem is that if you don't go all the way then it falls into a weird uncanny valley. It feels like you are talking with a human, but a very stupid one.

skeledrew 3y ago

Not fundamentally impossible. Just as a friend may know not to recommend the gig as they're aware of the breakup, so can an AI. Heck after conversing with Pi a few weeks ago, I'm fairly convinced it'd at this point be able to handle that kind of nuance if it had access to the relevant data.

ethbr1 3y ago
>> but at the last one your girlfriend dumped you "I've recognized you removed all future calendar events related to {girlfriend} and your recent text messages concerning her had a negative sentiment. Did you break up?" Not the world I'd want to live in... but for people less concerned about their data, I can't say it wouldn't be useful!

krisoft 3y ago

> For example, if you've been to every gig a band has done for years, but at the last one your girlfriend dumped you, a recommendation engine is still going to suggest that band's gigs even though it's unlikely you want to be reminded about them. I mean sure, but just think about it, wouldn't the same happen if you have a friend telling you about the event? Or if you had an attentive concierge trying to organise programs for you? How would you like them to handle it? Not by blindly listing more programs that is for sure. "Hey you love Blasted Monkeys. Did you know they are having a gig this weekend?" "Nah, man. We had a bad breakup with Samantha at their last one. And besides it was really her thing and I was just tagging along." "Oh, that's rough. I didn't know. Blast those monkeys then. How about a day a the beach then? There will be a surf class at ..." This is the kind of interface a spoken event recommender should have. Is this much harder than just listing events? Yes, it is much harder. The problem is that if you don't go all the way then it falls into a weird uncanny valley. It feels like you are talking with a human, but a very stupid one.