The Wonder of Artificial-Intelligence

The internet is filled with AI these days.  Google guesses what you were really searching if you butcher the spelling.  Netflix takes the movies that you have watched and rated and makes suggestions for you base on what you like, and does a pretty good job.  I will say that when you share an account with your wife it does add an aspect of humor to your suggestions when "Action/Adventure" and "Gritty Visually Striking Drama" is followed by "Romantic Small-Town Comedies," but like I said, it does a pretty good job. 

Amazon, however, struggles to deliver.  I love Amazon, and my problems with their AI suggestions is that it works a little to efficiently.  I have done my Christmas shopping primarily on Amazon for the last 3 or 4 years, as I'm sure many others out there have done, and I love it.  But the suggestion rendering robot takes this a little to far.  I suppose they should add a button when you purchase an item that lets you specify that this is a gift for someone else.  I purchased some books for my sister last year, and now Amazon is convinced that I'd love to curl up next to the fire with a glass of wine and enjoy the latest Nicholas Sparks tear-jerker. I bought my wife some argyle socks so Amazon thinks the new work boots that I want will look great with thigh-high striped or fishnet stockings.   Needless to say I think the "gift" button would be quite helpful.

So even though the suggestion engine works too well, it does make mistakes.

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