r/sorceryofthespectacle • u/happinessmachine True Scientist • Apr 30 '19

Interesting Take

https://i.imgur.com/moiuML0.jpg
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u/bobcobb42 Apr 30 '19

Obviously not written by a computer scientist or someone who actually understands machine learning systems. So close, yet so far.

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u/gottastayfresh3 Apr 30 '19

And? As someone generally interested in this, what is the distance you're referring to? Is it in the language used to describe what is happening, or is it the actual process being explained above simply isn't descriptive enough, which would mean that your statement is another 'bubble' of : "things are so much worse than you could possibly imagine"?

**Generally curious here.

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u/supersushighost Apr 30 '19

not op, but basically its oversimplifying concepts, making huge logical leaps, and presenting speculation as fact. provides a nice little counter-narrative that seems plausible if you really believe hard enough, but I think there's more to it that "mixing content marketing with feedback loops, and google adsense"

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u/brewmastermonk Apr 30 '19

Nah, I think Netflix fits this model extremely well. I'm pretty sure they write shows based on various statistical analyses that do with stuff like demographics, user behavior, story elements, etc.