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A lot of tech company woes come down to an insistence on automating things that really need human attention. Your recommended children’s videos are actually di
by mikeash 8y ago
A lot of tech company woes come down to an insistence on automating things that really need human attention.
Your recommended children’s videos are actually disturbing parodies? Easily solved with human curation. Some Alex Jones story makes its way into your news aggregator? Having people check the story would fix this. Scammy or malware-ridden ads on your site? See above.
Obviously this isn’t practical for everything, but tech companies take it way beyond what’s necessary, then act like the problems are impossible to avoid.