tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6693471143220681808.post2832233705532198074..comments2023-12-18T07:59:16.525-05:00Comments on Hats and Rabbits: Steering the PitchesChris Matarazzohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17885109959459471509noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6693471143220681808.post-33379705756428951622018-08-06T12:00:54.113-04:002018-08-06T12:00:54.113-04:00Hi, Jeff -- sorry about long response time! Seems ...Hi, Jeff -- sorry about long response time! Seems Blogger doesn't want to send me notifications anymore... It is funny how we talk so proudly of our technology, even ignoring its flaws, just as our forefathers did. I too am a algorithm atheist! Some day we will be considered quaint, for all our technological bravado. Chris Matarazzohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17885109959459471509noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6693471143220681808.post-14593253581550716482018-07-28T23:04:32.320-04:002018-07-28T23:04:32.320-04:00You won't be surprised to know I'm with yo...You won't be surprised to know I'm with you on this. I see endless online handwriting about the "future of poetry," and there's lots of junk on social media masquerading as poetry (look into the phenomenon of "Instagram Poets" if you need a rueful laugh), but beyond writing poetry, reading and buying poetry, and supporting teachers who help expand the audience for poetry...what more can one do? All the handwriting is just time out of life.<br /><br />As for what machines can learn to do: I recently checked my Facebook advertising profile and learned, to my great amusement that the site thinks I'm "very liberal" and that my "multicultural affinity" is "African American." We're going to look back at these days as an era of misplaced faith in algorithms.Jeffhttp://www.quidplura.comnoreply@blogger.com