Blip: algo’s got rhythm at last!
[ by Charles Cameron — a qualit with little time for quants making another graceful retraction ]
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I haven’t been too convinced that algorithms were good at understanding my interests — remember that ad for “bold” Christian shirts (and babe) some fool code placed on Islamic Awakening — a site I was visiting to read up on Awlaqi?
Well, those algos are improving… Here’s what YouTube thinks I might want to listen to next, hot from the digital presses…
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Turing Test: check!
I’d say YouTube’s algorithm has finally figured out — at least momentarily — the basics of who I am.
Grurray:
August 27th, 2013 at 8:49 pm
When does the Hipbonegamer Algo come online?
We’ve been enjoying Harry Christopher and the Sixteen based on your serendipitous recommendation.
Thanks again
Charles Cameron:
August 27th, 2013 at 9:21 pm
Hi Grurray:
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Thanks — Though I love Handel, I love Bach even more, and his B Minor Mass has been a lodestone since I was about 15. Imagine my surprise when I came across this version:
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The music is superb — the accompanying imagery decidedly unexpected.
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Don’t even begin to ask me why…