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Re:Algorithmic fatigue by jcelerier on Wednesday May 12, 2021 @09:47AM (#27130260)
> The only thing worse than having poor AI is having no AI at all

To the contrary, the main thing that wears me out is interacting with AI systems which change from an interaction to another and aren't predictable - text completion on mobile, search results on datasets, order of posts on forums, etc etc. If I use a computer it's because it (used to) be predictable and dumb : I do action A, I get reaction B. With AI systems, if I do action A twice I generally get a different B for whatever unknown reason there is, and that makes me want to throw the device out by the window out of frustration.

Re:Algorithmic fatigue by amelius on Wednesday May 12, 2021 @10:03AM (#27130439)
What's also fatiguing: searching for something e.g. for work and then getting distracted by ads.

Also, companies tune their algorithms such that they get maximum income from ads.

Therefore, I bet that ditching ads would solve 90% of the problems.