Pedro Domingos

Rather than scour the world in search of a perfect human or deluding ourselves into thinking someone we like is perfect, it's better to design systems that take into account the fact that nobody is perfect. This is why only fools think concentrating power is a good idea.

I assume everything is fiction, except tax demands.

its been done in STEM fields successfully for a long time. clearly more gain there than loss. so when we have other domains where the failure mode risk is apocalyptic (democracy collapse, climate collapse) it is worth considering applying it there too

‘Fact check’ complex A real example:https://twitter.com/Jav_Martin/status/1398287516306968577 …

Because it’s never about the truth or falsehood of facts at all - anyone remotely interested in misinformation is actually interested in the narrative or agenda that each factoid promotes or suppresses. If you elect an arbiter, what would be their preferred agenda for deciding?

Various regimes and special interests around the world will *never* agree on common definitions for conspiracy theories disinformation hate speech misinformation racist speech etc. One would have to be exceptionally naive to think this is possible.