gabriele97@lemmy.g97.top to Memes@lemmy.ml · 2 years agoWhat scares you most? And why exactly this?lemmy.g97.topimagemessage-square27fedilinkarrow-up161arrow-down13
arrow-up158arrow-down1imageWhat scares you most? And why exactly this?lemmy.g97.topgabriele97@lemmy.g97.top to Memes@lemmy.ml · 2 years agomessage-square27fedilink
minus-squareNumbersCanBeFun@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down1·2 years agoYou know these algorithms are designed for predictive advertisement based off your previous activity. What is likely going on is this: 10,000 users who searched these terms also decided to search or want this “thing” next. “Woah, it’s reading my mind! How did it know I was thinking about that?!” It’s funny, nobody pays attention when the algorithm guesses wrong, we only notice it when it’s freakishly accurate.
minus-squareFierroGamer@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 years agoExcept when it’s YouTube recommendations, then they only pay attention when it’s wrong and not when it’s right.
minus-squaregramathy@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 years agoWhat, you don’t want right wing misinformation shoved down your throat constantly despite reporting it every time you see it?
minus-squarehuginn@feddit.itlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 years agoUnderstanding what is real is the first step to controlling what controls you
You know these algorithms are designed for predictive advertisement based off your previous activity. What is likely going on is this:
10,000 users who searched these terms also decided to search or want this “thing” next.
“Woah, it’s reading my mind! How did it know I was thinking about that?!”
It’s funny, nobody pays attention when the algorithm guesses wrong, we only notice it when it’s freakishly accurate.
Except when it’s YouTube recommendations, then they only pay attention when it’s wrong and not when it’s right.
What, you don’t want right wing misinformation shoved down your throat constantly despite reporting it every time you see it?
As if YouTube would ever get it right.
And that makes it better?
Understanding what is real is the first step to controlling what controls you