How Recommendations Actually Work (No, Your Phone Isn’t Listening to You)
Your phone isn’t listening to you. It doesn’t need to. Recommendation engines today are powered by data, probability, and behavior—this is how they really work.
Your phone isn’t listening to you. It doesn’t need to. Recommendation engines today are powered by data, probability, and behavior—this is how they really work.
AI can generate. Humans transform. Treating them as the same isn’t insight—it’s misunderstanding.
AI didn’t replace workers overnight—but it reshaped how work gets done. The real shift isn’t job loss; it’s how value is created now.
2026 edit: When this post was originally written in 2017, “Facebook AI” largely referred to advances in computer vision, recommendation systems, and early deep learning [...]
Processing your application
There was an error sending the email, please try again
Check your inbox and click the link to confirm your subscription