Reinventing Recommendations
You’ve learned what you can do now to train the algorithms that apps already use.
Now let’s think about how those algorithms should work.
Using the form below, write down either a type of app (for example, a video app, a social network, or a search engine) or an app that already exists (YouTube, Instagram, Google, etc.)
Then:
Optmization Goals
Write down at least three optimization goals you think the algorithm should have. These do not have to be optimization goals we talked about in class.
Rank these optimization goals by weight (how important they are to the algorithm’s ranking.)
For each goal, explain why you chose it and why you gave it that rank.
Next:
Inputs
Write down at least three inputs you think the algorithm should pay attention to. These do not have to be inputs we discussed in class. They can be any way that a user can send information to the algorithm.
For each one, identify whether it is an explicit or an implicit input and explain why you think the algorithm should pay attention to it.
When you have listed and explained at least three optimization goals and three inputs, go to the “Done” page and click or tap “Create document.”
You can click or tap Select to copy it and paste it into an email or a Google Doc, or click or tap Export to make a Word document that you can download.