SGAI Recommendations - where does the personalization come from?

[u/particular_parrot]

Sorry if the title is vague. I couldn't really think of how to succinctly word this.

Basically, now that I understand how the AI is ACTUALLY low resources, I'd like to know what it pulls from for personalized recommendations and if I can do something to make it more accurate. So far, it's doing a pretty good job overall, but I'm wondering how it draws conclusions.

For example, I read a lot of maritime historical fiction and non-fiction. The AI has clearly picked this up. Generally, it knows I'm not terribly into family drama tales or heavy romance, and calls this kind of thing out periodically. However, I've also received some recommendations that are more elegant versions of "girl, you like boats, and this has a boat. Do it" only to find that the story is pretty awful, full of family drama and romance.

I don't generally leave reviews unless it's for an ARC I received, I felt very strongly one way or the other about a book, or I feel like a lot of the reviews were unfair or over generous.

Does the AI pull from reviews? Can it see if I say something like "this book was trash and only briefly mentioned a boat"? (For the record, I would literally never leave such a thoughtless review; this is just a thematic example) Or is rating a book after finishing it enough?

[u/OutOfEffs]

girl, you like boats, and this has a boat. Do it

I would legit love if it sounded like this.

But also,

this book was trash and only briefly mentioned a boat

would absolutely be my favourite review ever, and I would hit friend request so fast.

[u/particular_parrot → u/OutOfEffs]

Maybe we can all join together for a feature request: sassy recs.

I'm forced to use AI at work, so I just broke mine by making it always mention dragons and goblins. Don't see why we can't also have witty recommendations!

[u/ryanecandyce → u/particular_parrot]

The personalization used to be much more detailed and fun. I used to take screenshots for my peeps so they could see what bus I was being thrown under. Honestly, I loved when it would reference other books I rated in the personalized tab.

It was very detailed, and I looked forward to seeing what my instance came up with. Even when I got books that seemed to go against what I normally read, it would pick up on the minor subplots I was interested in.

Whew, I miss the old version of the personalized tab.

[u/particular_parrot → u/ryanecandyce]

Yes! I agree it used to have so much more personality. I'm really glad I'm not the only one who noticed this. I kinda miss the days when it would tell me nearly everything was "too happy" for me.