"Why do these ostensibly social systems make social life harder?" with insight on algorithms and norms. themanual.org/read/issues/5/
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I have a lot of thoughts about this, but I think my criticism boils down to:
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Effective communication needs mutual understanding. Current ML systems can neither understand nor be understood.
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When you act disengaged from your uncle's political ramblings, you both understand what that means…
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Do you understand what it means to Facebook to click on a picture or scroll quickly past a post?
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i.e. are there so many possible explanations for “looks away, doesn’t ask followup questions, across many occasions”?
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True, but that's just one of innumerable social cues humans can use to give each other feedback.
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You can make a system that interprets a single one, but understanding all of them together seems much harder!
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