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I’m currently reading Neal Stephenson’s Fall; or, Dodge in Hell, and one of the more interesting concepts it describes is of an Editor or Edit Stream, an indivi
by vermilingua 4y ago
I’m currently reading Neal Stephenson’s Fall; or, Dodge in Hell, and one of the more interesting concepts it describes is of an Editor or Edit Stream, an individual or product that tailors the info you recieve from the noosphere. By the bullshit asymmetry principle, this is probably the logical conclusion of social media.
- farnsworth 4y agoYeah, a sad but probably true aspect of that book was the way that only wealthier people could afford access to reliable information, and everyone else gets their info from the free streams which are full of garbage and lies.
- thundergolfer 4y agoThat's definitely true, not probably true. Current Affairs has a recent-ish article about this fact of media culture[1], but you don't need a long article to understand that poor people who do not pay for information are the product not the customer, and further that poor people have weaker literacy skills. Not a healthy combo. 1. https://www.currentaffairs.org/2020/08/the-truth-is-paywalled-but-the-lies-are-free/ https://www.currentaffairs.org/2020/08/the-truth-is-paywalle...
- sangnoir 4y agoSpoiler for the book follows: Didn't one of the "good guys" intentionally unleash the content-farming/bullshit-generating AI onto the net? I can't remember if it was the protagonist or not, but I couldn't get around to thinking it was a good idea on any world, but here we are with ChatGPT