Critique: Recommender Systems Part 1

Screenshot of the Netflix rating for the classic Bergman film "Wild Strawberries" (that has an avg rating of 5 stars.

Tim and Tom are joined by guest colleague Dan Cooney for a critique of recommender systems on Amazon.com, Netflix, and Last.FM. How well do these “if you like x, you’ll also like Y” systems work after short and long-term usage? How can they be improved?
Plus, Tom talks about attending the upcoming ACM SIGCHI conference and house band Peter Grey sings “Frozen Girl”.

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