{"id":53020,"date":"2016-10-15T17:23:29","date_gmt":"2016-10-15T17:23:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/zenpundit.com\/?p=53020"},"modified":"2016-10-15T17:24:21","modified_gmt":"2016-10-15T17:24:21","slug":"an-associative-algorithm-from-teh-amazon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zenpundit.com\/?p=53020","title":{"rendered":"An associative algorithm from teh Amazon"},"content":{"rendered":"

[ by Charles Cameron<\/strong> — ISIS advertizes! — and riding on Berger & Stern’s coattails at that — sad ]
\n.<\/p>\n

The artificial intelligence behind Amazon<\/strong>‘s selection of books he might be interested in surprised JM Berger<\/strong> — co-author with Jessica Stern<\/strong> of the excellent ISIS: The State of Terror<\/a> — today, by recommending Be Happy Like ISIS: The secret to success that will change your world view (The Code Breakers Book 1)<\/strong> as something that might interest readers of his book.<\/p>\n

Unbelievable. I checked my own Amazon account, and found this:<\/p>\n

\"isis-book-dq\" <\/p><\/blockquote>\n

That’s from the “Sponsored Products Related To This Item<\/strong>” section of the Amazon page on JM’s book. Right at the bottom of that screenshot, I found this:<\/p>\n

\"sponsored\"<\/p>\n

**<\/p>\n

See also:<\/strong><\/p>\n

\n
  • Of Anwar al-Awlaki and Bold Christian Clothing<\/a>\n
  • The intelligence of algorithms<\/a>\n
  • On the foolishness of some current algorithms<\/a><\/li>\n<\/blockquote>\n

    As I said recently in Japanese joinery: DoubleQuoting with wooden blocks<\/a>:<\/p>\n

    One of my own aims has been to generate \u2014 or begin the generation of \u2014 a similar anthology of \u201cDoubleQuotes<\/strong>\u201d (conceptual twinnings) illustrating the methods of associative connection available in the realms of language and the aural and visual arts.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

    So here’s another example, belonging in another category — a commercially-sponsored algorithm linking two books it “believes” might of of interest to a common audience. One is a rigorous examination of ISIS history, use of online propaganda, and apocalyptic rhetoric. The other is an example of that propaganda, skilfully contrived with keywords like “happy”, “secret to success” — and even “code-breakers” — in its title, to propagate itself on Amazon despite its pro-terror slant. Puerile.<\/p>\n

    Feh!<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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