wuncidunci comments on Singularity Institute is now Machine Intelligence Research Institute - Less Wrong

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Comment author: wuncidunci 31 January 2013 02:44:17PM *  7 points [-]

When I searched the first hit was the Malaysian town called Miri. Looks like an example of filter bubbles.

Comment author: [deleted] 31 January 2013 02:54:38PM 2 points [-]
Comment author: Xachariah 31 January 2013 03:56:34PM *  1 point [-]

What do you get when you use incognito mode? I checked with that and got the same Star Trek result. I think incognito pops Google's filter bubble, although I'm not certain.

Though other search engines do give me the Malaysian town.

Comment author: wuncidunci 31 January 2013 04:00:38PM 0 points [-]

The same, though Star Trek comes up second. Though google uses a lot of other info about your computer to determine the results (like IP-adress and browser details).

Comment author: Xachariah 31 January 2013 04:16:35PM 5 points [-]

I had overlooked that I was trying to hide from Google using their own software. Of course they wouldn't have provided it if it worked against them. Silly of me in retrospect.

A handful of proxies verify that it is indeed Malaysia first and Star Trek second.

Comment author: FiftyTwo 31 January 2013 03:15:37PM 0 points [-]

Same, followed by "Mid-Infrared Instrument "

Comment author: gwern 31 January 2013 03:43:48PM 0 points [-]

Funny, I get Star Trek, Malaysia, language, Star Trek, musical instructor, and only hit #6 is yours.