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Meta will train its AI on Newsmax, a far-right media outlet

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Re: Meta will train its AI on Newsmax, a far-right media outlet

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I worry deeply because Meta connects a vast amount of humanity. The damage they've done already is immense; the damage they could do to civilisation (democracy, our trajectory towards freedom and peace, the post-WW2 vision of the West) is even worse. I've read [0] Zuckerberg wants to think of himself like one of the early Caesars (thus explaining the haircut) with a focus on absolute domination; what would such a man with such a fixation be willing to do?

[0] https://romanempiretimes.com/is-mark-zuckerberg-just-a-roman...

Re: Meta will train its AI on Newsmax, a far-right media outlet

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I worry deeply because Meta connects a vast amount of humanity. The damage they've done already is immense; the damage they could do to civilisation (democracy, our trajectory towards freedom and peace, the post-WW2 vision of the West) is even worse. I've read [0] Zuckerberg wants to think of himself like one of the early Caesars (thus explaining the haircut) with a focus on absolute domination; what would such a man…

> the damage they could do to civilisation..

Not could, already have.

That ship sailed, reached it's destination, had a leisurely visit to the chandlery and is on the way back to do it again.

Re: Meta will train its AI on Newsmax, a far-right media outlet

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The thing that bothers me about this article is that there was no attempt to explain why Meta would want to train on this content.

surely it depends on how the data is labeled or classified. When a model is trained on fiction and medical journals, it doesn't assume that a healing potion is the right answer for a runny nose.

Re: Meta will train its AI on Newsmax, a far-right media outlet

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The thing that bothers me about this article is that there was no attempt to explain why Meta would want to train on this content.

surely it depends on how the data is labeled or classified. When a model is trained on fiction and medical journals, it doesn't assume that a healing potion is the right answer for a runny nose.

Yes, I need to have a full picture from the article for this reason, to counter my initial baises.
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