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Maybe the positive side effect will be that people will put less weight on random people’s opinion on the Internet.
by kenjackson 4y ago
Maybe the positive side effect will be that people will put less weight on random people’s opinion on the Internet.
- somenameforme 4y agoThis is my ideal best case outcome as well. In reality though I suspect we're going to see 'bias confirming bots' deployed en masse that aren't really trying to convince you of anything new, but rather strongly reinforcing views you probably already have that are convenient. In the lead up to the Iraq War just under 70% of Americans supported invading Iraq, and more than 90% believed it was likely we would find WMD. [1] Imagine if there were 'echo chamber' bots working to constantly reaffirm that belief with an ever-shifting narrative change to try to keep people holding onto beliefs that were extremely useful. There's also the 'dark side' bots that could be deployed to denigrate, argue, and impugn the integrity of the 30% and 10% respectively. They're not really trying to convince them of anything, but largely discourage the 70%/90% from becoming "one of them." I mean who wants to be a Saddam-puppet WMD-denier. [1] - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_opinion_in_the_United_States_on_the_invasion_of_Iraq https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_opinion_in_the_United_S...