Icosystem unveiled Icosystem’s proprietary Hunch Engine technology during the O’Reilly Emerging Technology Conference.
When the user starts the hunch engine he is presented with a seed — a starting point — and a set of mutations. The user selects mutations that look promising in his eyes, and the application uses that selection to generate another set of mutations, continuing in that fashion until the user is satisfied with what he sees. Call it guided natural selection, where the selector for fitness is what looks good to the human in front of the monitor.
Taking into consideration that men are more concerned with looks than women (according to researchers), the Hunch Engine represents the evolution of common gallery views, which are quite useful for browsing large amounts of people quickly and efficiently.
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