Re:Computer personality judgments more accurate than those m...
by gleenn on Monday March 19, 2018 @02:01AM
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But Netflix has way more information than you do about the movie before you've seen it, namely you get a 30 second trailer, and it gets how many million people liked it. That doesn't show it is better than you, just that it has a huge information advantage.
Re:Computer personality judgments more accurate than those m...
by danielharan on Sunday March 18, 2018 @05:27PM
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One of the surprises with the Netflix prize contest was seeing how predictable people are.
You don't need 100 movies. 95% of the time, 6-10 movie ratings will be enough to figure out how you'd rate any other movie.
I had noticed with with Netflix. After telling it enough movies I liked (over say 100) it pretty much figured me out and it knew me better than I knew myself. In other words, I'd see a movie description, watch the trailer and think "Nah, I wouldn't like it". But Netflix was telling me I'd like it, quite often after I watched it I did end up liking it.
On another note, I always tried to steer away from taking personality tests. I have a strange belief that once I know the "official" results it would somehow restrict my what I would attempt later in life. I'd think "Oh well your personality officially doesn't match, you shouldn't try that".