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> Ho..., Home...

What astonishes me is how much GMaps doesn't learn. Every time I use the map to go to a place by car, my way back is back home. But it doesn't suggest it by default, and doesn't even get the hint when I type "home"...

To me, this is how IA will look. It knows you perfectly from a Bayesian perspective, but some product manager decided that the bayesian suggestion is the only place that won't be suggested to you...

Same for distance. There may be a restaurant called "The Place To Be" next to you, but it will ask for anything named "Place" within 1000km...




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