“During the shopping process, Amazon’s AI offers suggestions of items that it predicts you will want to buy. The AI does a reasonable job. However, it is far from perfect. In our case, the AI accurately predicts what we want to buy about 5 percent of the time. We actually purchase about one of every twenty items it recommends. Considering the millions of items on offer, that’s not bad!”
― Prediction Machines: The Simple Economics of Artificial Intelligence
― Prediction Machines: The Simple Economics of Artificial Intelligence
“Uszka—little ear-shaped pastas filled with sautéed wild mushrooms.”
― Every Note Played
― Every Note Played
“In your life, the law operates on your thoughts and feelings, because they are energy too, and so whatever you think, whatever you feel, you attract to you.”
― The Magic
― The Magic
“Fake things can't really happen.”
― Aaron's Hair
― Aaron's Hair
“A magic Adam never knew existed, yet he must somehow control it to survive.”
― Get Rich or Get Lucky
― Get Rich or Get Lucky
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