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Bayesian Filters Predict Sundance
JohnGrahamCumming writes "The LA Times reports on a company's use of Bayesian filtering to predict the winners at the Sundance Film Festival. They use a modified POPFile email filter and claim an 81% success rate."
Gay = +100%
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So, a company claims that their product (or in this case; algorithm) is good?
STOP THE PRESS!
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Angsty +2
Depressing +2
Happy or Inspirational -1
Featuring charaters of a marginalized societal group +10
Featuring charaters of a majority societal group -10
Making those majority characters feel guilty +20
Political Agenda +10
Social Agenda +10
Leftist Social & Political Agenda +50
Non-acting acting +3
Use of black and white film +1
Sense of Humor -5
Comedy film -100
Intellectual +1
Pseudo-intellectual +30
Director dresses in all black +4
Actors dress in all black +10
Actors dress in all black and do interpretive dance to Phillip Glass music while speaking German backwards +20
Audience participates and dances with the actors in above scenario +1000
Would actually generate box office revenue -100
Good movie that would appeal to more than a niche audience -20
Prince and his crew came up with two lists: words that "make you golden" or are "the kiss of death."
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Kiss of death: Africa, America, American, beautiful, black,
Prince went on to comment they were suprised to come up with the first racist bayesian filter in their career.
Who IS this Noone guy? I keep hearing his name all over the place. He must be bigger than Jesus.
With spending like this, exactly what are "conservatives" conserving?
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So, a company claims that their product (or in this case; algorithm) is good?
Well according to their algorithm, certain words such as Africa, America, American, beautiful, black, best, emotional, fascinating, great, inspired, lake, new, riveting, Sundance, sexy, story, subtitles, truth, vision, world should never be used.
My 'kiss of death' film would be:
"The Beautiful Lake: An African Vision of the World"
Description: An emotional story of truth about a man from Africa who comes to America to find himself. Being a skilled carpenter, he builds a new home which is set on a beautiful lake. As we hear anectdotes of his vision of truth, a fascinating story emerges. We also learn about his riveting and inspired adventure to his new home, and we see how it impacts his once black view of the world. A great film for any Sundance enthusiast! (with sexy subtitles)
It is almost guaranteed to bomb, before anyone even sees it!
He who knows best knows how little he knows. - Thomas Jefferson
Does it portray women as victims? +3
Does it star a beautiful actress with ugly makeup +1
Does it deal with weighty issues? +1
Is it science fiction? -3
Does it show how minority groups are oppressed? +2
Does it star people from a minority group who haven't received Oscars for a few years? +2
Did you cry? +2
Was it made by an action movie director turned serious? +2
Does it deal with weighty issues albeit by stringing together a sequence of time-worn cliches? +2
Is it an action movie made by a serious director? -2
Is it science fiction? -5
Will I feel guilty that I'm a racist homophobe if I don't vote for this movie? +3
(For the sound editing Oscar only:) Does the movie have good sound editing? +0
Is it science fiction? -2
-- SIGFPE
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** REPORT RESULTS: Bayesian Query = 'STOCK WINNERS' **
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