Launched in March by Flickr co-founder Caterina Flake and a team of Massachusetts Institute of Technology graduates, Hunch.com uses machine learning to guide people to decisions that seem to suit them.<\/p>\n
“It’s a cruel world out there,” the New York City-based Hunch team said in a message viewable at the website on Thursday.<\/p>\n
“Coin-flipping, I Ching consultation, closing your eyes and jumping, postponing the inevitable, Rock-Paper-Scissors, and asking your sister are all time-honoured means of coming to a decision, and yet we think there’s room for one more: Hunch.”<\/p>\n
A Hunch engine uses machine learning technology to come up with insightful questions, the answers to which lead to a personally tailored recommendation regarding a path to take.<\/p>\n
Algorithms basically try to deduce the best question to ask next to figure out an optimal solution.<\/p>\n
“In 10 questions or less, Hunch will offer you a great solution to your problem, concern or dilemma, on hundreds of topics,” its creators promise.<\/p>\n
“Hunch is designed so that every time it’s used, it learns something new. That means Hunch’s hunches are always getting better.”<\/p>\n
The more people that use Hunch, the more the decisions will develop regarding the tastes and preferences of different kinds of people.<\/p>\n
“It may not be awesome yet, a lot of people have to contribute to it before it knows much of anything,” Hunch creators said in the message.<\/p>\n
“But it will be awesome later. Love it anyway. Love it now”.<\/p>\n
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