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Social Media was invented long before I was 35. I could get a job in it but I don't want to. It isn't exciting or revolutionary and is destroying the fabric o

by tw04 3y ago

Social Media was invented long before I was 35. I could get a job in it but I don't want to. It isn't exciting or revolutionary and is destroying the fabric of society. So there's that. I'd imagine after seeing what Social media has done to us, a lot of people are fearful AI will take us far more down that path than the path to salvation the people trumpeting AI claim it will. I honestly see a lot of parallels between what early social media supposedly would bring to the world, and where we ended up.

ctoth 3y ago
The problem with social media isn't the media. It's the social. It isn't the technology that broke. It's the people. Not all technologies go to shit. Only those we give to the eternal Septemberists
- tw04 3y ago
  Respectfully: that's an absolute copout. Facebook determines what's on your feed, not you. Twitter drove news agencies to try to fit stories into 140 characters because it got clicks and eyeballs. Youtube's engagement algorithms drive impressionable youth down rabbit holes of alt-right nonsense. EVERYTHING about social media is designed to keep you addicted to it. The fact that human nature can be exploited isn't the human's fault, it's the corporation doing the exploiting... I've seen absolutely nothing coming from the AI sector other than handwavy "we need to be responsible" excuses. Meanwhile we've got deepfakes of Taylor Swift and Joe Biden that Grandma Marge can't tell from the real thing and absolutely nothing can or will be done about it.
- chongli 3y ago
  It isn't the technology that broke. It's the people. I respectfully disagree. People haven’t changed in ten thousand years. It’s technology and culture that have changed. Many changes in culture have been amazing, wonderful breakthroughs (such as human rights). Similarly for technology (green revolution, modern medicine, electricity). Social media though? That’s a technology that has found its niche exploiting human psychology for profit. It’s on the same dark branch as advertising and “big lie” propaganda/fascism. We were much better off before it!

by tw04 3y ago

ctoth 3y ago

The problem with social media isn't the media. It's the social. It isn't the technology that broke. It's the people. Not all technologies go to shit. Only those we give to the eternal Septemberists

tw04 3y ago
Respectfully: that's an absolute copout. Facebook determines what's on your feed, not you. Twitter drove news agencies to try to fit stories into 140 characters because it got clicks and eyeballs. Youtube's engagement algorithms drive impressionable youth down rabbit holes of alt-right nonsense. EVERYTHING about social media is designed to keep you addicted to it. The fact that human nature can be exploited isn't the human's fault, it's the corporation doing the exploiting... I've seen absolutely nothing coming from the AI sector other than handwavy "we need to be responsible" excuses. Meanwhile we've got deepfakes of Taylor Swift and Joe Biden that Grandma Marge can't tell from the real thing and absolutely nothing can or will be done about it.
chongli 3y ago
It isn't the technology that broke. It's the people. I respectfully disagree. People haven’t changed in ten thousand years. It’s technology and culture that have changed. Many changes in culture have been amazing, wonderful breakthroughs (such as human rights). Similarly for technology (green revolution, modern medicine, electricity). Social media though? That’s a technology that has found its niche exploiting human psychology for profit. It’s on the same dark branch as advertising and “big lie” propaganda/fascism. We were much better off before it!