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SBF
@SBF_FTX
1) It's interesting seeing how social media AIs do and don't work! For instance, here's what
@Twitter
is suggesting to me today:
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SBF
@SBF_FTX
2) Some of these are pretty standard. They're suggesting Coinbase and Ripple, probably based on my crypto connections, for Technology. But I don't think there's much _unusually_ trending about them -- it's probably just randomly selecting large crypto related things.
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SBF
@SBF_FTX
3) So I think it gets a B- on those: reasonable topics, but no actual reason I'd want to look up posts about Ripple today in particular, or news I'd be missing. FOMC is a good call -- topical and relevant to me!
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SBF
@SBF_FTX
4) Kanye is interesting. He's.... I guess _kinda_ newsy today? Does Twitter somehow know that I like Kanye? Does it have access to my Youtube listening habits? I legit don't know what access I've given it!
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SBF
@SBF_FTX
5) And, then, we have a classic AI fail. It wants to give me something relevant to where I am, so it helpfully informs me that, trending in The Bahamas, is... Nassau, the biggest city.
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SBF
@SBF_FTX
6) It has over half the population of The Bahamas, and most of the infrastructure. So, yeah, lots of people looking into The Bahamas might look at Nassau. But not only is it not particularly trending today -- I'd likely end up with Nassau news anyway! Most Bahamian news is.
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Nate
@dotpem
Replying to
@SBF_FTX
Music recommendations were dreadful until Spotify finally got pretty good at it. Reminded me a lot of the over eager Amazon algos that would spam you with five staplers if you bought a stapler.
Alex
@asidealex
Replying to
@SBF_FTX
Not only that, but even having an AI that gives you all the time what you want isn't necessarily where humankind should be heading to. These tiktok zombies aka "social" youth don't really net benefit after x amount of time spent there.
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Remco Ros
@remcoros
Replying to
@SBF_FTX
I like how they can suggest things that I don't even know I would care about after learning about it. So not sure if it should always 'care' :)