Introducing Hunch
David T. Jones,
The Weblog of (a) David Jones,
Jan 13, 2011
David T. Jones has been reviewing materials from the Learning Analytics course George Siemens has been offering. In this post he looks at Hunch, a recommender system that gathers your Facebook or Twitter data, asks you some questions, and maps your profile against known sets of products, such as Camcorders or books. As artificial intelligence goes, it's pretty light, but it's a great example to illustrate the concept, because it's simple enough that anyone can see what's going on, and flawed enough that it supports a good discussion.
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