Classified report warns of dangerous exposure to different perspectives

  • Stalinwolf@lemmy.ca
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    14 hours ago

    Algorithms are cancer. I’ve always been very left-leaning, but the moment I immigrated to western Canada, YouTube started trying to spoon-feed me Jordan Peterson and other right-wing trash. I’ve trained it since to thoroughly fuck off, but it was very eye-opening.

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      12 hours ago

      Algorithms that can deliver somewhat personalized content for things like music and entertainment can be great and help people find things they dig they never would have otherwise.

      Algorithms delivering personalized content for things like news and medical information are absolutely cancer, tho.

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        5 hours ago

        Yeah I like Spotify for finding new hip-hop but I think if it was a different genre I might not have the same success