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This seems like a classic case of criti-hype, https://sts-news.medium.com/youre-doing-it-wrong-notes-on-criticism-and-technology-hype-18b08b4307e5 https://sts-
by xmcqdpt2 3y ago
This seems like a classic case of criti-hype,
https://sts-news.medium.com/youre-doing-it-wrong-notes-on-criticism-and-technology-hype-18b08b4307e5 https://sts-news.medium.com/youre-doing-it-wrong-notes-on-cr...
Facebook is a master of criti-hype, in that it has convinced many people that it holds the secret dangerous knobs that control human behaviour. Obviously that's great when you are trying to sell yourself to advertisers. "Our Algorithms are so dangerous they should be regulated, but we can let you harness their power a little, at a cost."
- award_ 3y agoThis is the exact same feeling I get reading this. Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence and I don't see anything here that makes me believe they've got something truly "earth shattering".