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NEW "Optimizing for What?" ESSAY: Algorithmic Displacement of Social Trust by Cornell Tech's Ben Laufer & Helen Nissenbaum. They outline existential threats posed by what they call "problematic" algorithmic amplification, and the processes these inform.
https://knightcolumbia.org/content/algorithmic-displacement-of-social-trust
Algorithmic Displacement of Social Trust

Knight First Amendment Institute
Dec 4, 2023 at 3:44pmWeb
Show threadRichard ReismanDec 6, 2023

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Great paper!

Root cause: "…algorithmic amplification is problematic because, like an invasive species, it chokes out trustworthy processes that we have relied on for guiding valued societal practices and for selecting, elevating, and amplifying content.”..."they have nudged aside historically entrenched social processes for performing these tasks”

That is why I suggest "A New, Broader, More Fundamental Case for Social Media Agent "Middleware""
https://ucm.teleshuttle.com/2023/11/a-new-broader-more-fundamental-case-for.html

A New, Broader, More Fundamental Case for Social Media Agent "Middleware" (Revised)

(Post and deck  restructured , expanded 1/7/24, as noted below.) Despite the efforts of  business,  government,  and  academia, there seems ...