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I would love to see more in-depth analysis of recommender algorithms. You don’t need to know how they work (on a technical level). What matters is the results t
by janalsncm 2y ago
I would love to see more in-depth analysis of recommender algorithms. You don’t need to know how they work (on a technical level). What matters is the results they are showing to people.
In lieu of an FDA for algorithms that I would love to see, it would be great to have some basic assessments of the distributions of recommendations an algorithm is making.
- rainingmonkey 2y agoA few years back when he seemed at the height of his popularity, my colleagues built a little tool to check how many YouTube suggestions you had to click to end up with Jordan Peterson. IIRC, he was never far away from anything related to history, politics or philosophy; but hard to reach from anything else like sport or music. Write-up here: https://eticlab.co.uk/jordan-petersons-proliferation/ https://eticlab.co.uk/jordan-petersons-proliferation/