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I have a bad feeling by the time computational social scientists or whoever work anything out algos will suck society dry. I have been in too many meetings whe
by psboody 5y ago
I have a bad feeling by the time computational social scientists or whoever work anything out algos will suck society dry.
I have been in too many meetings where no one cares. Each time its the same story - ya the data is showing this random group of people over here are hooked like crazy, dont worry about why and what effects its having on them just keep them hooked.
Its like a big trap. Once you walk in there is no exit. The people who push back or try alternatives all get politically side lined. And we end up with cluelessly or crazy people in charge.
- Jeff_Brown 5y agoIf it remains a "free" (perhaps monopolized but mostly unregulated) market, we can expect that behavior to continue. Not everyone in society seems to be equally vulnerable to those algorithms. We might reasonably expect a Darwinian loss of populations who are. More hopefulñy, at least some people are able to outgrow such addictions.