Matt

Food for thought: How much were the major events of the last 12 years driven by social media algorithms? If the objective function of an algorithm is to maximize engagement, was it doing so by increasing discordance in society at large? Ask yourself, did anyone you know change dramatically over the last few years due to social media exposure? If yes, are you alone in that assessment?

Maybe we had the wrong idea about what the #AI apocalypse would look like.

Nov 18, 2022 at 10:51pmWeb
Show threadBobfalfaNov 18, 2022
@psychxr I think about this constantly. We’ve been re-engineered. Our brains, self image, thoughts and feelings. It’s deeply disturbing to me.
Show threadTetrodoNov 19, 2022
@psychxr “Did anyone I know change dramatically over the last few years due to social media exposure?” That would be a resounding YES!! And NO, I am not alone in this assessment. I have lost count of the people who have told me about their spouses, their children, their best friends, their parents all catching some kind of brainworm that changes almost everything about them. There was a Reddit community formed years ago by folks who lost loved ones.