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> Every week, you are matched with another dev using an ML algorithm for a 1 on 1 call.

I must admit I rolled my eyes when I read "ML algorithm" since it's usually marketing bullshit. Seemingly it's unsupervised knn w/ Scikit Learn, mixing variables like "open to video calls", "location", "openness to ideas" and "timezone".

Fairly neat.

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What if it used an AI to match you instead? We can even run that AI on blockchain!

I literally can't even, trigger warning! I hope you are using that blockchain on an ethically sourced quantum computer using ethically raised qubits.

It indeed is. I'll try to find someone better at ML than me over time but I think this approach should serve well at least for the first 1k users or so if I'm not wrong.

maybe just say “similarity” rather than “ml algorithm” since that is what you are doing

From the POV of a marketing copy, I don't think that sticks. I could possibly change it on the Github, however. Or, elaborate on what is meant by an ML algorithm in the context of DevClad.

> you are matched with another dev using an ML algorithm

Could be simplified to just:

> you are automatically matched with another dev

Fair point.

Isn't "unsupervised knn w/ Scikit Learn" ML? Yes it's unsupervised and not a lot of effort was put into it, but it is still ML.

The usage of "usually" in the comment you are replying to is often paired with a "but/except" that I feel is implied here, and so they actually agree with you.

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