That's the real version of the proverbial "paperclip maker" in action. The objective to maximize user engagement on social media may seem innocuous. But, in practice, the content recommendation algorithms evolve into real monsters which undermine society:https://medium.com/@guillaumechaslot/how-algorithms-can-learn-to-discredit-the-media-d1360157c4fa …
This is straight up scary and a #fail for Google.https://twitter.com/SethAbramson/status/1122275991928430597 …
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Scary memes.
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But doesn’t the critique imply that people are by default not responsible for what they choose to watch? After all, we decide whether to watch the recommended video or not based on our media literacy
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But you may need to watch a few seconds before realizing whether you should watch. If this second sentence were insulting, too late, you'd already have read it.
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@aaronjmate is on the right side of this. We can all agree to worry about recommendation algorithms but this ain't it; if anything more people need to read / listen to himhttps://twitter.com/aaronjmate/status/1122551982332481537 …Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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Could it be a next-gen Google bomb?
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