Friday, March 22, 2019
AIn't so smart
Well, I've been saying this for a long time. Here's a new bit of evidence.
Supposedly the various generators of ads and 'suggested for you' and email spam are using Big Data and AI to target customer preferences.
The assholes who set up the AI still haven't figured out the difference between populism and "conservatism". Even though my actual online reading and writing and monetary contributions are strictly antiwar and populist and pro-Islam, the ads and spam are still PURELY Repooflican.
They assume that "Trump fans" love the stock market and hate taxes. They assume that "Trump fans" are gung-ho for war against Muslims. They assume that "Trump fans" want to hear lengthy appeals from Traitor McCain's vile widow Miss Lindsay Graham. They assume that "Trump fans" are interested in the soap opera crap involving Judge Jeannie, whoever she is, versus Fox News.
None of these assumptions are derived from my online writing or reading or buying. Most of them are directly contrary to my tiresomely expressed opinions. All are plain old bigotry.
In contrast, advertisers of real products use Big Data to draw uncannily accurate inferences from my writing and reading and purchases. Ads magically appear for products or software that I could and would actually use.
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