> And Amazon’s predictive algorithm for what it calls “anticipatory shipping” uses artificial intelligence to predict what you’ll order and stock it in a warehouse near you, for same-day delivery. This is a vision where the internet amounts to little more than a big, mind-reading “vending machine,” providing products the moment you think of them, or earlier.<p>Same as it always was:<p>Christmas shopping the IBM way: computerized gift selection in 1962<p><a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29687282" rel="nofollow">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29687282</a>