When was the last time you checked the second page of Google search?
If you can’t remember anymore because you never did, then why didn’t you?
Was it about your trust in the algorithm’s definition of truth that kept you from asking otherwise?
How about everything you see first in your Facebook feed? Is it merely a reflection of your deepest darkest desires and fears?
From The Facebook whistleblower says its algorithms are dangerous. Here’s why.:
Just as algorithms [can] be trained to predict who would click what ad, they [can] also be trained to predict who would like or share what post, and then give those posts more prominence. If the model determined that a person really liked dogs, for instance, friends’ posts about dogs would appear higher up on that user’s news feed.
How do you know that your decisions or views are not being manipulated by the algorithms behind Facebook?
From The Facebook whistleblower says its algorithms are dangerous. Here’s why.:
The machine-learning models that maximize engagement also favor controversy, misinformation, and extremism: put simply, people just like outrageous stuff.
Perhaps, instead of trusting the algorithm’s judgment (or biases) cloud our own, we must look back to what really constitutes truth. And it takes honesty and humility to accept our tendencies of becoming like beasts if left to our own devices and our own terms.
Here’s what it means to become human in the face of algorithms.
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