I know Halloween is coming up fast, but it’s not here yet and I just had the spookiest thing happen to me on Google.
I had just finished my dinner and had several Brussels sprouts left on my plate. Diego was scratching on the door of the Doggie Domain to be fed and before I fed them my remaining sprouts along with their regular doggie fare, I thought I’d check out whether they were good for dogs. I had just typed in “Can dogs eat . . . .” and Google completed the sentence with “cooked Brussels sprouts?!!!” How spooky is that? What are the chances that anyone would ask that question of all the thousands of possibilities? I have not mentioned Brussels sprouts ever on my computer. How could Google know? Then I happened to notice that the sticky note had fallen off my camera lens on my computer, which I always keep covered. Had Google been spying on me as I ate my meal in front of the computer????
My lens is now again covered, and as I take my last few bites of yogurt and blueberries, I’m tempted to write, ‘Can dogs eat . . .?” If Google says “blueberries and yogurt,” I am going to be seriously spooked!!!
Nope. It did predict my ending, but once again it suggested, “Can dogs eat cooked Brussels sprouts?”
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Well, can they?
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Yes.. they say by all means.. And they both ate their sprouts first before their dry or wet dogfood.
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That’s more than a little scary!!!
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So weird
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I had a discussion with friends yesterday about the power of social media and its algorithms and how much of ourselves we give up when we use them.
The answer is: a lot.
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Spooky! It does happen.
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Google is evil …
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Google invaded your brain – wow!
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If the limit of Google’s spying is to hear you ask questions about sprouts, I wouldn’t worry.
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Ha..More puzzled than worried. Or perhaps amazed. They do have computers now that can read your mind. Just hope it’s still a bit more complicated than turning on Google. ;o) (If you don’t believe me, read “The Brain that Changes Itself.” A fascinating book.
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The reason I sleep soundly at night is because I don’t think they can separate the wheat from the chaff.
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Okay, Mr. Bump, you need to explain that metaphor for me. Are the thoughts the wheat or the chaff? Or neither?
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99. several nines percent of data is useless
0, several zeros 1 percent of data might be useful. They have no way of telling those two apart.
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Got it. Thanks.
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That really is weird. It is fascinating how often something similar does occur.
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I had to turn of the feature in Skype that predicts what you are going to say. Drove me crazy!
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🙂
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Jung had an explanation, but it doesn’t seem as though it would extend as far as synchronisticBrussels sprouts!!!
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🙂
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I’ll be spooked for weeks. (The photo is priceless.)
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That happens around here too, it is more than spooky, it’s unnerving!
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