Reply to post: Re: Count me unimpressed

UK Home Sec thinks a Minority Report-style AI will prevent people posting bad things

Rich 11

Re: Count me unimpressed

It's a small step from "you bought X so you'll like Y" to "you posted X, so you'll post Y next".

If I buy a Motorhead CD it's quite reasonable to think that I might like another Motorhead CD. However it's a very different thing to claim that the next item I buy will be a Motorhead CD. I wouldn't even say it's the most likely thing I would buy next. Now change the arena from purchasing preferences to posting subject/response behaviour, and it's much less likely to be accurate because so much of what I post (like this) depends entirely upon what articles are published and whether or not (let alone when) I notice them.

Screw that precog shit.

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