Gmail Scans Old Emails, Too

[Todd Walton]

I was talking with a friend today, via gmail, and I had this strange
circumstance. We had exchanged three emails, and the buzzwords in
them were (best I can figure): oil, car, mind, programming, society
and marvin minsky. That was it. But on the right side Google had
listed the following as a "Related Page":

POLITICS POIESIS
TK - 16 hours ago
Politics Poiesis is an exhibition/project created by Daniele Pario ...
http://english.teknemedia.net/news_dettail.html?newsId=10415

Where the hell did that come from? Poiesis is a very rare topic, but
it's one that my friend and I have discussed more than once in the
past. It's possible that the Google Mind was keying on the word
"society", but that's a very weak link. I think The Mind looks back
at old emails as well when it's coming up with the Related Pages.

-todd