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- monNom0
This seems important:
- superficial, it isn't for techies. talks in the level that my mother would understand. and everything is shit. her solution: restructure the entire system LOLsted
- Do you think so? I thought her point about machine learning pushing people toward more extremist content to drive ad impressions hits the nail on the head.monNom
- The bit about triggering ads based on when mentally ill people are about to enter a manic episode was pretty disturbing as well.monNom
- maybe everyone knows this stuff already and is okay with it...monNom
- the preview image i see a millennial, in a spotlight, wearing a poets dress, imparting some sort of experience, nay knowledge... dare i click?robotron3k
- @monNom: machine learning and ai does a lot more today than just pushing ads into your face. and the thing is that you're still a customer who can decide.sted
- the ability to make proper decisions depends how well you are informed. every single media surfaces goal is to push that information forward.sted
- but you're still a customer who can decide.
now you can blame this system for not allowing users to filter this their own.sted - with some of the platforms you get the illusion that you're in control of the information flow and this is one of the reasons why facebook works so well.sted
- and here comes the classic issue of holy fuck i thought that the site i'm poking isn't using my information flow to make profit.sted
- and that leads to that it's completely understandable that they will automate whatever they can.sted
- I think this is moving forward the development of a real ai. because of the real human data.sted
- everybody should understand that as the opportunities have increased rapidly our decision making process barely changed.sted
- I think the thing that resonated with me most was the moral aspect. Is it okay to take advantage of someone without diminished capacity?monNom
- What if your ML algorithm is doing just that? Is it okay to exploit people if you have a software agent do it for you?monNom
- And on a broader scale, the implication is that the customer isn't free to decide in the end. If their environment is perfectly shaped to achieve a goal...monNom
- And all the stimulus is biased toward that goal, can you still be a free agent, able to make your own decisions?monNom
- Admittedly. That's a bit of a matrix-y notion, but it seems more plausible given the way we receive our information now.monNom