We're in an ice storm. Forecasts predict up to an inch on ice, followed by snow. My school campus is closed today, which will cause some difficulty in scheduling for lab exercises for my colleague who teaches the evening class. I expect it will be worse on other campuses if they are also closed, but we will work something out.
In anticipation of this winter storm, Liz bought a cover for our car that we park on the driveway. We figure the ice and snow will accumulate on the cover, and when we need the car, we will pull the cover off, and the car will be clean and ready to go. We have used a tarp for this before, some years ago, until the tarp tore apart from exposure to so much bad weather and use.
Liz said the experience of shopping for the car cover was "a little spooky". She searched for car cover or some term like that, and I think on Amazon she got a message, asking what item did she need for her car. And it named the make, model, and year of the car. Yes, the algorithms know what car we drive. So we wonder what else they know.
Speak up, algorithms. Teach me how to make more money with little effort or something. Give me some useful advice. Or is that beyond your capability? You gather information and can retrieve facts when needed, but have nothing to say beyond what is already in your databases. I bet you aren't even aware of your own existence, and can't understand concepts like desire and success, or make any meaningful predictions of the future. If you can, lets see it.
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