Hello?
Hi Connor! How are you doing today?
Allison! That's a nice name. I'm doing well. Stressed for the end of the semester, but I'm having fun with this chit-chat challenge
Haha me too! I just wanted to try it out because those look like some cool prizes. This semester been pretty busy for you? What are you studying?
Yeah, when the lab has thousands of dollars to spend on gathering data, this is an efficient way to do it. I'm studying computer science I graduate soon, but I have two classes where I might not pass, and I need to pass because I've already been accepted to grad school
Yes, agreed! And that's awesome, sounds like a super hard major though. I have a buddy in that major and he's just dying haha. So since you're computer science, how do you feel about this project to make a socialbot? Oh wow that's exciting! Where are you going for grad school?
I think it's awesome! Really ambitious, but I'm excited to see what the results are. I'm staying at BYU for grad school. Shooting for a PhD I want to study machine learning :) What are you studying?
Yeah this should be interesting haha. That's so cool good for you! I'm studying marketing (currently pre-management, but applying this summer) and I love it!
Gotcha :) Maybe this is totally off base, but I feel like that's one of the most lucrative ways to use art and communication skills.
Haha pretty much :) I like marketing because it uses both sides of the brain. I definitely have a passion for analytics, but also using them to tell a story and be creative about events and products and such. I'm hoping to work with consumer insights and/or brand management
Nice :) So, consumer insights is like.... surveying customers and figuring out what needs to change?
Yeah, pretty much. And then taking that data and turning it into something that will solve problems for the consumers! Whether that's revising our current product, or creating a new product
Nice :) I've taken a couple of classes about data science. It's what drives AI right now. We talked about how Target was able to find out that some guy's teenage daughter was pregnant before she ever knew. However, that didn't really come from surveys, it came from her buying patterns. Before he ever knew... not she my mistake She knew she was pregnant
Yeah that stuff is so crazy cool! That's how places like Target know what kinds of coupons/emails to send you. Also like when you make one search or one purchase for say a Nike shoe, all of your advertisements become Nike shoes haha. That's a little bit more Information Systems for like programming and tracking that and stuff, but marketers do those kinds of insights as well with all of the data we can gather now it's insane! I swear a few weeks ago I mentioned I wanted Chipotle, and suddenly there were Chipotle ads in my instagram feed haha I don't even know how that happens
It's the kind of thing that people from 50 years ago would never believe, but it feels so normal now. Maybe this is getting too political, but I don't think pure laissez faire can last with these big companies with so much knowledge and power. I wonder how everything will turn out. And yeah, I checked a website about a game on my phone the other day, and that night there was an ad about that game on Facebook. No idea how Facebook knew.
Yeah you're definitely right. That totally happens! All of them are connected it seems, especially if your search engine is Google haha. It'll be interesting to see how far this will go until it maybe starts violating some of our rights haha
It's tricky. The internet is complicated.
haha true. I don't know nearly as much about it as I should. Anyway, what do you like to do for fun?
Mostly going on walks with my wife or playing board games. I used to play more video games, but I hardly have time anymore (although I still keep up with video game news). What about you? Side question: Can you see my last name?
Nice! I really like to go outside, hiking, exercising, and my husband and I love movies and  spending time with family. And yes I can :/ I decided to sign up with just my first name haha
Awesome :) What movies do you like? Are you into Marvel? And that's interesting about the last name, since they said we're not supposed to give identifying info. I'll bring that up to David Wingate (He's literally sitting right next to me).
Yeah we are! He's getting me more into Marvel haha. I'll watch pretty much anything except for horror movies. And yeah that would be good! It'll make people feel more comfortable.
I agree, horror is awful. My wife is more of a movie buff than I am, except with some movies that I know really well. Have you seen Black Panther yet?
Yes we have! So good!!!!
I feel like most of the MCU is drifting towards overuse of bathos (like... punchlines in moments that are supposed to be dramatic). It felt like there was too much bathos in Thor: Ragnarok, but Black Panther showed that you don't need it. I liked how sincere it felt.
Oh really? I haven't seen Thor yet so I can't compare. But I did like how authentic Black Panther was and it did have its comedic moments, but also moving and inspiring moments.
I also liked how relevant it felt. The issues in the movie were timely. Like... Donald Trump leans towards isolationist nationalism, Wakanda was that way, but T'Challa realized that that might not be the best way to do things.
Yeah! I was interested by that ending as well! There was a lot of social commentary, but it wasn't too aggressive to the point where it was annoying haha it was very tastefully done I think
Yeah :) I'm worried about Infinity War. I feel like there are too many characters and that they won't be able to give them all justice. Halkeye doesn't even appear in the posters, and I loved his role in Age of Ultron.
Yeah I get what you're saying. Although we just bought our tickets and saw that the movie is almost 3 hours long...so...that's a pretty long time hahah
Really? I didn't realize it was so long. That makes me feel better. I have tickets too :) Wednesday after the release.
Nice!! It'll be a good time! And perfectly timed for after finals are over hahaha
Yeah, and then my wife and I are going on a cruise to Mexico with some close friends of ours. May is going to be AWESOME! Any fun summer plans for you?
Wow that sounds soooo fun!!! What a great summer! And yeah, my husband and I have a week in Hawaii planned for the first week after finals as our "belated honeymoon" haha we got married this year January 2nd so it was right before school started and we didn't have time to go on a honeymoon, so we're doing it now! May IS going to be awesome haha :) Kind of the only thing getting me through this semester tbh haha
Wow :) Congratulations! I hope that goes well. My wife and I want to go to Hawaii someday. For our honeymoon we went to Alaska (since she grew up in Alaska and we wanted me to see where she grew up). Honeymoons are awesome, and I wish you all the best on yours :) I actually need to go now, so I hope you do well on the Chit-chat challenge. I can't win, since I work in this lab, but I'm watching them figure out how to determine who wins the prizes. They're going to make a leaderboard. Nice to meet you.  Have a good afternoon
Hey thank you so much! And alright, well it was nice talking with you! Thanks for chatting! :)