Microsoft AI engine says there is no God?

[Redcrown]

I tripped over a website singing the virtues of the "new" Microsoft Edge browser, written on the Chromium base just like Google Chrome. So I got it, played with it, and found it was great. All the plugins, extensions, and other stuff from Chrome work under Edge.

Then, when killing time in isolation, I saw an interesting mystery. Sometimes in boredom I browse Youtube recommendations. These are supposedly based, in part, on your Youtube history. I logged into Youtube under both Chrome and Edge, looked at my history, and saw it was the same. Then I looked at recommendations.

Both browsers showed me some stull that made sense, and a lot that didn't. But strangely, Chrome showed me a lot of "techie" stuff - hardware, software, Amazon cool things, Photoshop, etc. Chrome showed me absolutely no religion or philosophy. Edge showed me virtually no techie stuff, but a lot of religion. Atheism, actually. Lot's of links to Dawkins, Hitchens, Sam Harris, Tyson, Penn Jillette, and others.

So, I'm wondering if Edge has a highly advanced AI engine that has determined there is no God.

[BernardLanguillier]

I tripped over a website singing the virtues of the "new" Microsoft Edge browser, written on the Chromium base just like Google Chrome. So I got it, played with it, and found it was great. All the plugins, extensions, and other stuff from Chrome work under Edge.

Then, when killing time in isolation, I saw an interesting mystery. Sometimes in boredom I browse Youtube recommendations. These are supposedly based, in part, on your Youtube history. I logged into Youtube under both Chrome and Edge, looked at my history, and saw it was the same. Then I looked at recommendations.

Both browsers showed me some stull that made sense, and a lot that didn't. But strangely, Chrome showed me a lot of "techie" stuff - hardware, software, Amazon cool things, Photoshop, etc. Chrome showed me absolutely no religion or philosophy. Edge showed me virtually no techie stuff, but a lot of religion. Atheism, actually. Lot's of links to Dawkins, Hitchens, Sam Harris, Tyson, Penn Jillette, and others.

So, I'm wondering if Edge has a highly advanced AI engine that has determined there is no God.

Or does it think you belong to the people who question the virtues of science and fall for the fashionable relativism by which since we are not 100% sure that science is right it isn’t more credible than religion? 

Cheers,
Bernard

[Peter McLennan]

Fascinating bit of research, Redcrown.

[LesPalenik]

So, I'm wondering if Edge has a highly advanced AI engine that has determined there is no God.

That's what also Marx, Engels, and Lenin said.

Lenin, writing on Socialism and Religion, agreed with Marx that "Religion is opium for the people. Religion is a sort of spiritual booze, in which the slaves of capital drown their human image, their demand for a life more or less worthy of man." As far as Lenin was concerned, it was quite understandable why the oppressed turn to religion: "Impotence of the exploited classes in their struggle against the exploiters .. inevitably gives rise to the belief in a better life after death "

BTW, is the Edge browser leaner or faster than Chrome or Firefox?

[Redcrown]

BTW, is the Edge browser leaner or faster than Chrome or Firefox?

Didn't bother checking till you asked. On my Windows 10 system, Task Manager says Chrome has 7 copies of itself for a total of 148 MB. Edge has 13 copies of itself for a total of 275 MB. So, Edge looks fatter but neither are very significant.

Edge seems a bit faster loading pages, but again nothing significant. However, Edge handles some pages I visit often with no problem while Chrome screws up. One example is https://weather.com/weather/radar/interactive/l/USIA0231:1:US for animated weather radar. Chrome can't do the animation while Edge can.