The speakers discuss the challenges and future of recommendation engines, including the importance of data, privacy, and explainability.
- Online adaptive learning is important for quickly adapting to user needs
- Great data is necessary for building a machine learning recommendation engine
- Understanding user journeys and causal impact is important for effective recommendations
- Long-term metrics, predictive metrics, and short-term metrics are all important for measuring success
- Privacy and fairness are ongoing challenges for the ML community
- Explainability is important for user control and understanding of recommendations