It came as a convenient feature. Stories finding you, instead of you finding stories. A few clicks, and suddenly, the Guardian, the Independent, the Washington Post; all are integrated into your Facebook "timeline". You read an article, and a post pops up on your friends' feeds, saying "Joshua Issac read '50 worst universities in Britain'". No surprises there, considering how much Facebook values your privacy. But then, we have one of those really annoying bugs inherent to computing. In this case, we get old articles—and by old, I mean articles over 20 years old—appearing as though they are news. And people commenting on them, pushing them up even higher. The Independent appears to be the worst culprit, but others papers have also fallen victim to poor AI. Talking about AI, I am glad I got ~75% in the AI-class mid-term exam. Very good score, considering I guessed most of it. ;)
Well, I think that's it for now. Until next time!
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