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Well... yeah. That's the whole point of the algorithm - figure out what you're into, and show more of it to you.
They are doing exactly what they were designed and should do. That is showing the user type of content they are interested in. And there is absolutely nothing wrong with it.
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They are doing exactly what they were designed and should do. That is showing the user type of content they are interested in. And there is absolutely nothing wrong with it.
Except there is? Mass consumption of this particular flavor of garbage has real consequences.
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They are doing exactly what they were designed and should do. That is showing the user type of content they are interested in. And there is absolutely nothing wrong with it.
Except there is? Mass consumption of this particular flavor of garbage has real consequences.
Overconsumption has health consequences.
Recommendation engines need to have "escape hatches" to make sure society doesn't unravel at the seams.
Recommendation engines need to have "escape hatches" to make sure society doesn't unravel at the seams.
That would be self-defeating, as the moment that the word gets out that algorithms are now intentionally manipulating away from certain content, the Streisand effect will instantly kick in. Which is already is. Plus, while I do not buy into election conspiracies, imagine if there was an actual stolen election. Getting all of the tech companies to suppress the actual evidence would be fantastic if I were a dictator in…
I think real-world experience has proven that this isn't true. I get the idea behind what you're saying but the US (and UK/Europe) has had pretty much a constant onslaught on election conspiracies at all levels of our democracy.
The outcome has not been to make our democracies better functioning.
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Except there is? Mass consumption of this particular flavor of garbage has real consequences.
Seems like a question of limiting consumption rather than the type of information though, right? Overconsumption has health consequences.
Recommendation engines need to have "escape hatches" to make sure society doesn't unravel at the seams.
That would be self-defeating, as the moment that the word gets out that algorithms are now intentionally manipulating away from certain content, the Streisand effect will instantly kick in. Which is already is. Plus, while I do not buy into election conspiracies, imagine if there was an actual stolen election. Getting all of the tech companies to suppress the actual evidence would be fantastic if I were a dictator in…
Recommendation engines need to have "escape hatches" to make sure society doesn't unravel at the seams.
"Escape Hatches" sounds like a deceptively benign term for ideologically motivated thought control.