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dcawrey
9/27/2016 6:06:11 PM
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Re: Netflix Learned to Read Your Mind
I think this is an interesting concept, but I would argue Netflix is a long way off from simply knowing what I want to watch. I often spend more time on Netflix looking for what I want than acutally watching, mostly because I don't want to start watching something I will turn off.
elizabethv
9/27/2016 6:43:09 PM
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Re: Netflix Learned to Read Your Mind
@JohnBarnes - I like a mixture of things too, but what you say rings very true for me, I know my preferences tend to be cyclical. Right now I'm enjoying my rom-coms and reruns of Grey's Anatomy, but it's only a matter of time before I find myself back in documentaries and reruns of Criminal Minds. I take breaks occasionally and venture into new territory, but without a doubt, I know I'll return to the old faithfuls. I can never resist watching Notting Hill for the 800th time.....
mpouraryan
9/27/2016 6:53:32 PM
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Re: Netflix Learned to Read Your Mind
As long as we remember that we're in control--not the machines.
JohnBarnes
9/28/2016 7:51:44 AM
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Re: Interesting
mpouraryan,
Rephrasing that: it will make us happier if we maintain the idea that we are in control, and so far maintaining that idea has been assigned to us, pending software that can do it for us.
JohnBarnes
9/28/2016 7:53:10 AM
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Re: Netflix Learned to Read Your Mind
mpouraryan,
What if the machines want you to think you're in control?
elizabethv
9/28/2016 8:23:44 AM
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Re: Interesting
@JohnBarnes - I think you're exactly right with that, so far, we've at least maintained control, or that's what the software wants us to think. And if I were a betting person, I'd imagine that will continue to be the case. Much like the Romans giving people free bread and entertainment just to keep them from rioting. Someone on a political post the other day asserted that the only reason we are told to vote is to give us the idea that our vote has some control. But realistically, for most of us, our vote has no control. I think the people that are keenly aware of this are people in the opposite political party than their state typically votes for. Democrats in strong red states probably noticed pretty quickly their votes don't make a difference. I'm sure there are people in similar situations using various types of computer software.
mpouraryan
9/28/2016 10:54:42 AM
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Re: Interesting
I understand what you're saying--however I am not prepared to give up being human just yet.
JohnBarnes
9/28/2016 3:03:56 PM
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Re: Interesting
Mpouraryan, I'm not so sure giving up being human is all bad. After all, we all gave up being Australopitheci. And having been to high school with several humans, I'm not so sure being human is a lot to give up.
mpouraryan
9/28/2016 3:07:36 PM
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Re: Interesting
Despite all the tech "hoopla" around us, we still to retain a sense of sanity and ultimately keep the faith--we've got--otherwise, then, what's the point :)
JohnBarnes
9/28/2016 7:53:50 PM
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Re: Interesting
ElizabethV,
Oh, but there is always a catch. To really give you and everyone else what they all really want a system has to be somewhat more complex than the overall aggregate of human desires (since it has to hold that aggregate and operate on its possible alternate states). And if it is that complex it is even less predictable by people than their own aggregate desires. Resistance is futile because it always becomes part of the game, and the game gets better the more we resist!
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