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I think it's not too hard to define. On this forum, I know when I post a comment, it will appear where I expect it. You will see it if you look. There's no AI i
by tayistay 5y ago
I think it's not too hard to define. On this forum, I know when I post a comment, it will appear where I expect it. You will see it if you look. There's no AI in the middle of us deciding whether my reply is worthy, or prioritizing extremism to optimize for engagement.
When you use email, you know what's going to happen. You can predict the behavior (yes, there are spam filters).
Facebook (and other social media) behave such that if we knew the entire sequence of user behavior, we wouldn't be able to predict what happens next. It's this sort of black box behavior that isn't good.
If you have an algorithm that is strictly optimizing to reduce inflammatory text, then I suppose that's ok. But still, it might be better to have user-moderation instead. I'd rather people just be banned by moderators.