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The argument I am making is that this is already happening. It wont be great that the BS is more convincing and more pervasive. It also wont be the end of socie
by MeImCounting 3y ago
The argument I am making is that this is already happening. It wont be great that the BS is more convincing and more pervasive. It also wont be the end of society and truth, leading us all to a deadly spiral of misinformation.
People should strive to be more critical, if that includes evaluating the source of whatever they listen to then I think thats great. This is something we should be doing anyway.
- fnimick 3y agoI think I disagree with your underlying assumption that as long as you, personally, are critically evaluating sources and are 'safe', it doesn't matter whether other people end up in the misinformation spiral. I can be as critical as I want, if the people around me who vote, have influence on my environment, etc end up in misinformation, it has a huge impact on my life.
- MeImCounting 3y agoYeah but those people are already taking whatever they read on the internet at face value. They already believe whatever conspiracy theory they read on tik tok or facebook. They already believe whatever fox news tells them too. Advocating for critical and thoughtful consumption of media will become more important with the rise of AI and it will also lift up society as a whole. If society really takes this seriously we could make real progress and help many people who are currently vulnerable to misinformation become less so.