{"id":6384,"date":"2015-04-10T20:00:30","date_gmt":"2015-04-11T03:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.digilentinc.com\/?p=6384"},"modified":"2021-06-16T16:30:40","modified_gmt":"2021-06-16T23:30:40","slug":"learning-the-ai-behind-amazon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/learning-the-ai-behind-amazon\/","title":{"rendered":"Learning the AI behind Amazon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>How does Amazon improve its customer service? It uses an AI to learn user preferences (by tracking purchases) and generate recommendations. This is an AI that learns over time. And now Amazon is making <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wired.com\/2015\/04\/now-anyone-can-tap-ai-behind-amazons-recommendations\/\">one of its algorithms available<\/a> for programmers and other businesses to use.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6387\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6387\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/6\/62\/Amazon.com-Logo.svg\/2000px-Amazon.com-Logo.svg.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6387 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Amazon.com-Logo-600x121.png\" alt=\"Image from Wikimedia Commons.\" width=\"600\" height=\"121\" srcset=\"https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Amazon.com-Logo-600x121.png 600w, https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Amazon.com-Logo-1024x206.png 1024w, https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Amazon.com-Logo-225x45.png 225w, https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Amazon.com-Logo-800x161.png 800w, https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Amazon.com-Logo.png 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6387\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image from Wikimedia Commons.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>This represents a recent trend of democratizing algorithms and processes. Do you think this well be helpful for you or projects you might work on?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class='watch-action'><div class='watch-position align-left'><div class='action-like'><a class='lbg-style6 like-6384 jlk' data-task='like' data-post_id='6384' data-nonce='5286a1c13f' rel='nofollow'><img src='https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/wti-like-post-pro\/images\/pixel.gif' title='Like' \/><span class='lc-6384 lc'>0<\/span><\/a><\/div><div class='action-unlike'><a class='unlbg-style6 unlike-6384 jlk' data-task='unlike' data-post_id='6384' data-nonce='5286a1c13f' rel='nofollow'><img src='https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/wti-like-post-pro\/images\/pixel.gif' title='Unlike' \/><span class='unlc-6384 unlc'>0<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div> <div class='status-6384 status align-left'>Be the 1st to vote.<\/div><\/div><div class='wti-clear'><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How does Amazon improve its customer service? 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