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Arthur_Frain

(1,849 posts) Sun Jan 10, 2021, 11:11 AM Jan 2021

The algorithms are really mackin' it hard today...

Here I am reading about raccoon head shaman boy and the magic insurrection beans, and suddenly all of the ads on the page are for books about how to become a healing shaman.

Now that’s funny, right there.

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The algorithms are really mackin' it hard today... (Original Post) Arthur_Frain Jan 2021 OP

Which shows you just how badly AI could run a democratic government or country. ancianita Jan 2021 #1

Once my sister was visiting and wanted to show me something about quilting on YouTube. Binkie The Clown Jan 2021 #2

ancianita

(36,023 posts)

1. Which shows you just how badly AI could run a democratic government or country.

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Sun Jan 10, 2021, 11:13 AM

Jan 2021

Thanks for the laugh.

Binkie The Clown

(7,911 posts)

2. Once my sister was visiting and wanted to show me something about quilting on YouTube.

Reply to Arthur_Frain (Original post)

Sun Jan 10, 2021, 12:36 PM

Jan 2021

For months and months afterward I kept getting pop up ads for sewing machines, fabrics, and assorting sewing accessories and notions. Those algorithms are overly greedy by a huge amount.

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