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Do you listen to broadband radio? do you go to church? do you watch the news? "hate path" isn't an unreasonable idea... let me break it down: (bit of info f
by altruios 4y ago
Do you listen to broadband radio?
do you go to church?
do you watch the news?
"hate path" isn't an unreasonable idea...
let me break it down:
(bit of info first)
namshubs: know what they are? what about mei? how's your ancient cerulean? ever read snowcrash?
well, in the (fiction) book, Neil does a pretty decent job on the history section... but he really hit the nail on the head with that allegory with namshubs... so you see... in the book - people were presented with a digital video - that when watched - rewrote your brain and had you speaking in tongues (which has some nifty brain chemistry science around, but that's besides the point). a namshub was a 'spell' or more accurately - a piece of information that was crafted to alter our perceptions...
I posit that concept of namshubs (pieces of information designed to program people) have been weaponized by AI around 2012 or before by Cambridge Analytica during that whole deal.
so now we have people designing information not to be truthful - but instead optimizing for another property... stickiness.
so how do you make an idea sticky...
anger...
far and above the most effective emotional button you can press to bypass our filters of reason and logic... is hate.
hate makes you act.
and to be clear - this has been going on since before 2012 of course, but that's a significant turning point as that's the first known use of AI augmented namshubs...
we are in a 5th generational war - tech and mental - the culture war is real: and an army has been bred to fight on a side for it (because every child is sacred and is a gift from god to fight god's war). reasonable people don't do that.
but it's an arms race...
the democrats picked up on this method... eventually too the progressives will succumb to the sedative allure of optimizing for data retention rather than truth. thus is the nature of always needing a bigger stick to keep the peace.
point is - 'hate path' objectively works - push on the hate button of other people to get them to give you money. it's a fucking problem...
I don't think people are stupid - I think our information is carefully curated to induce engagement (i.e. rage) - and that is having an adverse affect on society as a whole...
I think the fact that I have to be careful of diction I use so as to not use 'trigger words' that invoke a kneejerk response to arguments that have been parroted by the media is solid evidence the namshub model is of use...
I'm not even saying accurate - just useful.