"an attractor is a set of states toward which a system tends to evolve, for a wide variety of starting conditions of the system"
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FB's algorithmic mind-steering has only one stable attractor: extreme radicalization.https://twitter.com/oneunderscore__/status/1451681699629260801 …
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The whataboutist reactions to this observation are... dumb. "This fast food chain's irresponsibly-managed operations have led to a worldwide salmonella outbreak" "Yeah but what about this restaurant you patronized once that gave someone diarrhea in 2016"
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The fast food chain: "our mission of Feeding People is good for the world"
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Are you serious? You work for Google... which owns YouTube... which does the exact same thing!!! So disingenuous of you
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Isn't this an effect of all closed loops and recommender systems? I feel like this result was first famously established on YouTube.
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A recommender system could push for diversity of views and uniqueness of views. Right now, most everything is ranked according to popularity, which results in extremization in closed loops. We need to switch from PCA (energy rank) to “balanced” PCA (observer/control rank).
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Algorithms are rarely good for actual humans.
Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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The thing is... you post this on Twitter which does the exact same thing (if not worse):https://www.theverge.com/2021/10/22/22740703/twitter-algorithm-right-wing-amplification-study …
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Funny that twitter doesn't know what causes this when it's obvious to everyone else. Programmer Bias.
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