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If we keep building markets & algorithms that reward raw popularity & virality, over the long run, we're indirectly selecting for the traits that bring it about: outrageousness, addictiveness, appeal to the lowest common denominator.
What we choose to reward today shapes the world we'll inhabit tomorrow. We define the evolutionary pressure of the tech ecosystem. And we're converging towards a world where every app is viral & hyperaddictive, where every piece of content is a cognitively-optimized fake shocker
We need calm, thoughtful technology. Technology we can use for our own fulfilment, not technology that uses us to spread itself
People are driven by emotions. What you are saying is just an effect of that addiction
The irony is denouncing a pernicious behavior by reinforcing it in practice. We obey more to core motivational mechanisms than to straightforward logic. Eg. understanding that DNNs are, in the long run, detrimental to knowledge and intelligence isn't enough to reject its benefits
I never thought of this, but if im understanding correctly we probably have phases where adapt to new social environments?.. And that the reward functions guide the agents which will have a carry on effect into the next phase like momentum?
OK, agreed. Now how about implementing it? Assuming that cognitively and viral optimized apps and content are a drug, how would you define strategies against digital cog-drugs (just coined on the spot)?
I wrote about it in 2011: https://fchollet.com/blog/the-good-librarian.html …
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