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Would you trust the internet to make all your big decisions?
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| Trance Nutter |
http://www.hunch.com/
A website that will make decisions for you.
| quote: | Flickr founder has Hunch to help web-users
NEW online service Hunch wants to help people make up their minds about anything from dumping a boyfriend to choosing a car or getting a body piercing.
Launched in March by Flickr co-founder Caterina Flake and a team of Massachusetts Institute of Technology graduates, www.hunch.com uses machine learning to guide people to decisions that seem to suit them.
"It's a cruel world out there," the New York City-based Hunch team said.
"Coin-flipping, I Ching consultation, closing your eyes and jumping, postponing the inevitable, Rock-Paper-Scissors, and asking your sister are all time-honoured means of coming to a decision - and yet we think there's room for one more: Hunch."
A Hunch engine uses machine learning technology to come up with insightful questions, the answers to which lead to a personally tailored recommendation regarding a path to take.
Algorithms basically try to deduce the best question to ask next to figure out an optimal solution.
"In 10 questions or less, Hunch will offer you a great solution to your problem, concern or dilemma, on hundreds of topics," its creators promise.
"Hunch is designed so that every time it's used, it learns something new.
"That means Hunch's hunches are always getting better." |
http://www.news.com.au/story/0,,25658976-1702,00.html |
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| pkcRAISTLIN |
| i would trust that site before id trust ********. |
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| Mark Summers |
| i have skynet make all the decisions for me |
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| gehzumteufel |
| No, because a computer cannot, at this point in time, consider all possible outcomes. |
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| SuspicionVandit |
| I went through answering some questions. 58% percent of people have a blog. what the fac |
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| Domesticated |
Don't most people (i.e not me) do this already? Take a look through the daily threads on here.
'Help me buy a bike', 'Should I leave my girlfriend?', 'What should I wear to my job interview?', 'Should I pay board or move out?' etcetera. |
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| LoveHate |
| google decides everything for me.:o |
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