As much as I dislike FB, and I certainly abhor their activities related to the genocide - I think this is far too different. Rohingya is a textbook example of

As much as I dislike FB, and I certainly abhor their activities related to the genocide - I think this is far too different. Rohingya is a textbook example of blind optimisation and lack of context awareness. FB looked at a region, and people communicating in language they didn't understand. But they did see that certain symbols and/or combinations of symbols got a lot of engagement. If you're after money, you want to amplify the use of those symbols and hopefully generate lots more similar content. Turns out that's a morally reprehensible thing when the people using those symbols were advocating genocide. (It was good for the revenue while it lasted, though.) With LLMs and their hardcoded guard rails, I suspect we're going to see the danger emerge from the other side. Instead of actively spewing hatred, they will be used for mass sock-puppetry and opinion amplification on a massive scale. Think simple sabotage field manual for 21st century, but weaponised thousand-fold.