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It’s no secret that boredom and loneliness is an epidemic. The average American spends 3 hours a day scrolling through videos — usually solo. What’s more, your video stream is controlled by a faceless "Recommendation Engine" that feeds you what to watch next based on your watch history. I know this game inside out. I was one of the Google Brain Researchers who worked on the world’s most popular YouTube AI recommendation engine. We built this with good intent: to surface better content to users and keep them engaged – and it worked! However, there’s one important problem: there exists only one algorithm for everyone in the world. Users have no control over their recommendations, and creators have to tailor their content to “game” the algorithm. Let's be real, no one’s a fan of this singular, faceless algorithm. That’s why I’m building something new, with the belief that people should be able to choose how they are getting their recommendations, and be able to put a face to a name. I’m excited to announce that we are working on Hachi — unique personas that recommend and watch videos with you. With Hachi, you will be able to ? ???????????? ???????? ????????. Just like how you choose your friends, you also choose which Hachi you want to spend time with. Imagine having one Hachi for #vanlife, another for the latest Taylor and Travis gossip, and another for minecraft.? ? ???????? ????????????. Hachis are constantly discovering new creators and videos that are trending based on your common interests. ? ?????????? ??????????: Hachis watch with you, drop their own hot takes, and are ready to chat anytime you would like to. To make this a reality, my co-founder Nancy Zheng and I have been hard at work on building out a prototype of Hachi in the last few months. If this sounds interesting to you, please join our mailing list:?https://lnkd.in/g7XUq_wc?and our discord community:?https://lnkd.in/gVdpmJkq . We’d love to hear your early thoughts and feedback! To learn more about Hachi AI, please visit: https://www.hachizone.ai/ #videos #ai #recommendations #ai_friends #ai_companion #companion #genai
