huffpost Press
People Are Saying This Amazon AI Feature Is Leaving Them ‘Literally Speechless’ — And It’s Not Hard To See Why
Images
As shoppers scour for deals during Amazon Prime Day, many have discovered a rather interesting feature on the online retailer’s website. On Monday, Threads user Megan Montgomery posted a screenshot of the “About You” section of her Amazon account, writing “I stumbled upon a page of assumptions that Amazon has made about me based on my purchases and I’m literally speechless.” The rundown features mostly unremarkable statements like “Owns a Kindle Paperwhite,” “Shops from women’s departments” and “Hosts themed celebrations.” But Montgomery circled one hilarious assertion: “Has flat buttocks.” It’s easy for Amazon users to find their own personal customer assessments. From the homepage, you can hover over your name, select “Your Shopping preferences” and then click on “About You.” You can also hover over your name, click “Account” and then go to “About You.” Unveiled in May of this year, Amazon’s “About You” section uses AI to infer personal details and preferences “through information including your conversations with Alexa for Shopping, product reviews you’ve authored, your purchase history, items you’ve saved to Lists, and your searches,” according to the company’s corporate news site. Following Montgomery’s viral post, others started joining in with screenshots of their own pages, which range from terrifyingly accurate to hilariously random to downright rude. While it appears you cannot fully disable the feature, customers can manually update their own pages (which some have undoubtedly used over the past couple of days to join in the screenshot hilarity). But it doesn’t get much funnier than the random details Amazon’s AI tools have produced. Keep scrolling for some LOL-worthy examples. True pic.twitter.com/s4cR8cM2ig Have to say it nailed the fact that I overheat easily 😅 pic.twitter.com/hWyOEll68r Guilty pic.twitter.com/eqZzxg2rSw 1) what pic.twitter.com/nqOAq2vHtf Oh my God pic.twitter.com/Xg1dg6v9ed Well I’m boring. 🫣 pic.twitter.com/xDyjcigo6F damn right I did pic.twitter.com/cFiNG2EPGQ WTF?! pic.twitter.com/XmjMpmcx8O Correct 🙂↕️ https://t.co/wA8Pf8iH6C pic.twitter.com/gb8iPKqHW4 Mine are boring but I love my cat pic.twitter.com/i1M8tunD3I By entering your email and clicking Sign Up, you're agreeing to let us send you customized marketing messages about us and our advertising partners. You are also agreeing to our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy.
Comments
You must be logged in to comment.