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Well, we live in a time where information spreads faster than the news. We see history developing in front of our eyes on sites like twitter, reddit or facebook
by zubspace 6y ago
Well, we live in a time where information spreads faster than the news. We see history developing in front of our eyes on sites like twitter, reddit or facebook before they move through the newspaper filter. It's a wonderful thing to behold.
On the other hand, we also get in touch with radical posts or "fake news" or news which try to influence readers in various forms from all different kinds of sources.
So on one hand, our tech enabled information to move more freely. On the other hand, extreme, biased or untrue information can be dangerous.
But we don't have the means to filter or flag this content objectively in an automated fashion. That's why we have a problem. And as long as humans are involved in this filtering process, we have other problems.
It's very similar to self-driving: As long as we cannot find a way to make this 100% automated and safe according to rules we all adhere to, we won't find a solution.