3 ms·
Hah, I like the idea of showing up to a blind date and opening with "So our LLMs told us we'd get along great, huh?". A short story idea that's been in my head
by netsharc 2y ago
Hah, I like the idea of showing up to a blind date and opening with "So our LLMs told us we'd get along great, huh?".
A short story idea that's been in my head for years is a Google (or whichever all-knowing system) algorithm that gets 2 people to meet by showing them the correct ads to get them out of the house and to an e.g. concert. Fleshing it out: they get into conversation because they're e.g. both carrying books by a particular author because again they found this author through a Google ad. And 3 weeks later they ran into each other again at another event advertised to them..
- simianparrot 2y agoThere’s a Black Mirror about exactly this
- loudmax 2y agoThis is approximately the premise of the Black Mirror episode "Hang the DJ"
- pmarreck 2y agoSo a system that creates artificial serendipitous encounters which are in fact "deeply planned", basically.
- netsharc 2y agoMaybe it's a group of men in hats https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H78XCiJamXc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H78XCiJamXc
- nathan_douglas 2y agoAnd we know exactly where that leads: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nM4okRvCg2g https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nM4okRvCg2g
- pmarreck 1y agowow, forgot all about this movie, I remember it being cool, thanks for reminding me to put it on my "collector list"!
- concats 1y agoHere you go, enjoy! https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/kritzer_01_15/ https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/kritzer_01_15/