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Skynet doesn’t need Terminators. Software bots can keep us busy all on their own.

• 8ytecoder 5y ago
  You don't even need bots - simple sorting algorithms do more damage. It shows human vulnerability more than anything else. All it took was a single fake message to get 600 people killed in Burma.
  • Kim_Bruning 5y ago
    Do you have a good reference for this? I'd like to use it in future discussions :-)
    • Willish42 5y ago
      This took me a minute to figure out, mostly because I didn't immediately intuit that "sorting algorithm" == Facebook and "Burma" == Myanmar. I believe they're referencing Facebook's role in the Myanmar coup: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-55929654 https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-55929654 (reference for "600" as the death toll: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-56703416 https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-56703416)