Comments on: Hunch: Machine learning meets the Magic Eight-Ball http://boingboing.net/2009/06/15/hunch-machine-learni.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:13:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: kmoser http://boingboing.net/2009/06/15/hunch-machine-learni.html#comment-518660 kmoser Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-518660 Similar to this site which asks you five questions and then guesses what type of chocolate you like (milk or dark): http://www.chocolatepersonality.com Similar to this site which asks you five questions and then guesses what type of chocolate you like (milk or dark):

http://www.chocolatepersonality.com

]]> By: IshmaeLeaver http://boingboing.net/2009/06/15/hunch-machine-learni.html#comment-518180 IshmaeLeaver Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-518180 Hmmm...must be a popular site this morning...keeps erroring out... "You can't HANDLE the truth!" Hmmm…must be a popular site this morning…keeps erroring out…

“You can’t HANDLE the truth!”

]]> By: mackenzi http://boingboing.net/2009/06/15/hunch-machine-learni.html#comment-518185 mackenzi Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-518185 Wow! It seems like endless medical sex with each other so you never lose touch! More, more, more...I want you. Wow! It seems like endless medical sex with each other so you never lose touch! More, more, more…I want you.

]]> By: Eutychus http://boingboing.net/2009/06/15/hunch-machine-learni.html#comment-518186 Eutychus Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-518186 I thought the *really* profitable version was the one that worked the other way round - Richard MacDuff's 'Reason' program, ultimately bought out by the Pentagon... I thought the *really* profitable version was the one that worked the other way round – Richard MacDuff’s ‘Reason’ program, ultimately bought out by the Pentagon…

]]> By: Mojave http://boingboing.net/2009/06/15/hunch-machine-learni.html#comment-518191 Mojave Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-518191 #3 tell us more.... #3 tell us more….

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/06/15/hunch-machine-learni.html#comment-518195 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-518195 there is also ideabong http://www.ideabong.com/ heh. there is also ideabong

http://www.ideabong.com/

heh.

]]> By: shadowfirebird http://boingboing.net/2009/06/15/hunch-machine-learni.html#comment-518202 shadowfirebird Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-518202 Really useful. If you can get it to stop asking questions (some sort of error) -- and if you live in the US. Cory, are you really telling me that this site is useful to you, now you live here in the UK? Really useful. If you can get it to stop asking questions (some sort of error) — and if you live in the US.

Cory, are you really telling me that this site is useful to you, now you live here in the UK?

]]> By: Halloween Jack http://boingboing.net/2009/06/15/hunch-machine-learni.html#comment-518206 Halloween Jack Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-518206 This seems to be the same basic premise that OK Cupid is based on; from my experience with that dating service, YMMV hugely. This seems to be the same basic premise that OK Cupid is based on; from my experience with that dating service, YMMV hugely.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/06/15/hunch-machine-learni.html#comment-518983 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-518983 #18 I wholeheartedly agree. It's not a bad idea per se. not a brilliant one maybe, but good enough to kill some time, if only it could stop posting questions that make me cringe at the sheer, for lack of a better word, 'bourgeoise-ness' (not that that's actually a word but) of it all. 'Which new car should i buy' 'What's the best extreme sport for me' 'What's the best kitchen countertop for me' are some of the highlights. Not that i don't aspire to a life that actually allows me worries like these, I mean, I'm pretty jealous of these people, but my most complicated worry right now is whether i should default on my student loans now so they can fall on my father who guarantees them because he gets paid in a currency different from my local, recently crashed one. Answer that 'hunch' (it doesn't really, but it does suggest i 'renault on my student loans' which might be worth a shot) #18 I wholeheartedly agree.

It’s not a bad idea per se. not a brilliant one maybe, but good enough to kill some time, if only it could stop posting questions that make me cringe at the sheer, for lack of a better word, ‘bourgeoise-ness’ (not that that’s actually a word but) of it all.

‘Which new car should i buy’
‘What’s the best extreme sport for me’
‘What’s the best kitchen countertop for me’
are some of the highlights.

Not that i don’t aspire to a life that actually allows me worries like these, I mean, I’m pretty jealous of these people, but my most complicated worry right now is whether i should default on my student loans now so they can fall on my father who guarantees them because he gets paid in a currency different from my local, recently crashed one.

Answer that ‘hunch’

(it doesn’t really, but it does suggest i ‘renault on my student loans’ which might be worth a shot)

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/06/15/hunch-machine-learni.html#comment-518223 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-518223 yeah i answered 25 questions before i got bored. never got to the part where it was supposed to do something for me. yeah i answered 25 questions before i got bored. never got to the part where it was supposed to do something for me.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/06/15/hunch-machine-learni.html#comment-518228 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-518228 I've answered 36 questions so far and it just keeps asking more questions. I think I should give up. I’ve answered 36 questions so far and it just keeps asking more questions. I think I should give up.

]]> By: rAMPANTiDIOCY http://boingboing.net/2009/06/15/hunch-machine-learni.html#comment-518229 rAMPANTiDIOCY Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-518229 i just spent about 40 minutes answering questions to try and find out whether or not i should eat this LSD today. Unfortunately, hunch had no hunch. i just spent about 40 minutes answering questions to try and find out whether or not i should eat this LSD today. Unfortunately, hunch had no hunch.

]]> By: Jake Bullet http://boingboing.net/2009/06/15/hunch-machine-learni.html#comment-518241 Jake Bullet Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-518241 @8 RAMPANTIDIOCY - I tried to ask the LSD question for you, but instead it offered to help me decide what I should wear to work today. @8 RAMPANTIDIOCY – I tried to ask the LSD question for you, but instead it offered to help me decide what I should wear to work today.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/06/15/hunch-machine-learni.html#comment-518244 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-518244 #8: You actually have to type in your question in the box on the top-right corner before Hunch asks you the relevant questions. Since you spent 40 minutes on the site without noticing this, may I volunteer that you are already pretty high and thus don't need the LSD? ;) (Of course, the way they've designed the site, it's not immediately obvious that the questions you get asked right off the bat aren't the ones leading to an answer for you - it's just Hunch learning what humans are like :D) #8: You actually have to type in your question in the box on the top-right corner before Hunch asks you the relevant questions.

Since you spent 40 minutes on the site without noticing this, may I volunteer that you are already pretty high and thus don’t need the LSD? ;)

(Of course, the way they’ve designed the site, it’s not immediately obvious that the questions you get asked right off the bat aren’t the ones leading to an answer for you – it’s just Hunch learning what humans are like :D)

]]> By: rAMPANTiDIOCY http://boingboing.net/2009/06/15/hunch-machine-learni.html#comment-519017 rAMPANTiDIOCY Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-519017 by the way, i did notice the form to ask hunch a question, and i did. it informed me that it had no relevant topics. by the way, i did notice the form to ask hunch a question, and i did. it informed me that it had no relevant topics.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/06/15/hunch-machine-learni.html#comment-518259 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-518259 I have a hunch there is not enough server power behind this application... just a hunch. I have a hunch there is not enough server power behind this application… just a hunch.

]]> By: HotPepperMan http://boingboing.net/2009/06/15/hunch-machine-learni.html#comment-518287 HotPepperMan Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-518287 If it aint fixed, don't try to break it. Yet another promising but failing app let out into the wild with little behind it to justify further investigating it. Does no-one do any testing these days? If it aint fixed, don’t try to break it. Yet another promising but failing app let out into the wild with little behind it to justify further investigating it.

Does no-one do any testing these days?

]]> By: thomashawk http://boingboing.net/2009/06/15/hunch-machine-learni.html#comment-518556 thomashawk Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-518556 From the Hunch community guidelines: "Post profanity or anything pornographic or sexually explicit. If you can't imagine it being on prime time TV, it doesn't belong on Hunch. Nudity isn't allowed in buddy icons or any images posted to Hunch. We're reasonable people. We like to give warnings first when it's appropriate. But if your behavior is beyond the pale, or repeatedly bad, or simply falls into any of the "loathe" categories above, you will be booted without warning, hesitation or remorse." From the Hunch community guidelines: “Post profanity or anything pornographic or sexually explicit. If you can’t imagine it being on prime time TV, it doesn’t belong on Hunch. Nudity isn’t allowed in buddy icons or any images posted to Hunch.

We’re reasonable people. We like to give warnings first when it’s appropriate. But if your behavior is beyond the pale, or repeatedly bad, or simply falls into any of the “loathe” categories above, you will be booted without warning, hesitation or remorse.”

]]> By: Eutychus http://boingboing.net/2009/06/15/hunch-machine-learni.html#comment-518311 Eutychus Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-518311 Mojave > Fictional (AFAIK) from Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency. You fed in the decision you wanted and the program produced totally convincing reasons to do it. Thus convincing your bank manager you really needed a Porsche, for instance. Mojave >

Fictional (AFAIK) from Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency. You fed in the decision you wanted and the program produced totally convincing reasons to do it. Thus convincing your bank manager you really needed a Porsche, for instance.

]]> By: failix http://boingboing.net/2009/06/15/hunch-machine-learni.html#comment-518576 failix Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-518576 The first 10 minutes were kind of fun. But then I got this awkward feeling that the questions are designed for white middle to upper-class Americans only. It's a shame because the idea is fun. But the questions should really be more complex. The first 10 minutes were kind of fun. But then I got this awkward feeling that the questions are designed for white middle to upper-class Americans only. It’s a shame because the idea is fun. But the questions should really be more complex.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/06/15/hunch-machine-learni.html#comment-518839 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-518839 The methodology behind Hunch is kinda' interesting - I think they're essentially gathering a huge amount and variety of anonymous statistics in order to be able to find unexpected correlations. http://www.caterina.net/archive/001171.html The methodology behind Hunch is kinda’ interesting – I think they’re essentially gathering a huge amount and variety of anonymous statistics in order to be able to find unexpected correlations.

http://www.caterina.net/archive/001171.html

]]> By: Maximillian http://boingboing.net/2009/06/15/hunch-machine-learni.html#comment-518366 Maximillian Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-518366 I love hunch. I was a beta tester and I think it has a lot of promise. I love hunch. I was a beta tester and I think it has a lot of promise.

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