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Scott Davis's avatar

Reminds me of something published about Facebook's algorithm a few years ago, creepily labeled "optimal degree of novelty." Their research showed that the stickiest, most attractive content was something BOTH familiar AND unfamiliar. Seems that our brains want a hit of "i recognize that" with a chaser of "how weird!"

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Donald Farmer's avatar

That does sound familiar ... and weird.

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Remco's avatar

The irony indeed. I guess we will see this more often in places where we use AI to write something and want AI to interpret and summarize

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David Sweenor's avatar

Great article, thanks for writing it!

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Donald Farmer's avatar

Thanks - this is something I have been looking into recently. A colleague is compiling the hard data for a client. Hopefully we can share the whitepaper soon.

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