And in both cases the real power of influence is not ads—and thus cannot be understood with old conceptual tools. It is rankings, feed etc.
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The news with artificial intelligence is not hype. Big data surveillance, machine learning and personal info flows is a historic inflection.
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I have sympathy with how hard and complex the problems are. I don't have sympathy with years of dismissing even the most obvious concerns.
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Finally, Russia is a rounding error of the problems that stem from this combination. The same crisis exists if Russians did nothing.
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Its how our digital economy works: Giant gatekeepers made it cheap and easy to flood people with misinformation and more. That's the issue.
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Whatever Russia did matters but it's a tiny slice of what happened in 2016 in terms of misinformation, fake news, and deceptive propaganda.
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Yes. Past wasn't great. But we do have more defenses against old forms. New forms are more potent with no oversight. https://twitter.com/doki_pen/status/915546624910168066 …
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No need to mindlessly worship old information infrastructure—with all its own failings—to appreciate the current, potent & real threat.
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Yes. Ads are tip of the iceberg that we've hit, and we talk about them so much because it fits an old-world concept. https://twitter.com/HarleyComrie/status/915551650248507393 …
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zeynep tufekci Retweeted Melissa Jo Peltier
I oppose this 100%. False illusion of market power—that doesn't exist. May as well be conceived by Facebook PR dept.https://twitter.com/MelissaJPeltier/status/915562506076266496 …
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So are you saying there’s no effective way to protest them? Just keep on liking baby pics while they put the final fork in fact-based living & possibly in democracy?
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Not using the product is more powerful than described above, seehttp://freakonomics.com/podcast/do-boycotts-work-a-new-freakonomics-radio-podcast/ …
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