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Re:Facebook open-sources a speech-recognition system and a m... by AlexCoventry on Friday December 21, 2018 @11:49PM (#18738980)
What do you think would go awry, if we suddenly abandoned machine learning for advertising?
Re:Facebook open-sources a speech-recognition system and a m... by justapassenger on Saturday December 22, 2018 @12:35AM (#18739128)
A lot of business would go bankrupt. And I’m not talking about adtech, but advertisers. There’s tons of them, from small mom and pop style to big companies that depend on ads to get customers. And no, they aren’t scams.

HN crowd doesn’t accept that, but most people here have no idea about how business works.

Re:Facebook open-sources a speech-recognition system and a m... by AlexCoventry on Saturday December 22, 2018 @12:59AM (#18739200)
Has the cost of customer acquisition objectively dropped over the last twenty years? If so, where can I read about that? If not, why do you believe that?