The algorithms that optimize the shareholder value are against the idea of having a healthy debate on social media. Echo chambers deliberately implemented by Big Tech has led us here. It is a permanent damage.
If consumers of social media were shown both sides, perhaps we wouldn't be here in the first place.
Truth vs. Falsehood are like a special place on the nyquist plot and its stability criterion is like of an inverted pendulum. Truth is in an unstable equilibrium that requires constant vigilance, maintenance and upkeep. Falsehood thrives and the laws of nature (information theory) are on its side to spread faster, more vigorously and with ever increasing force. As shitty as it sounds, we need some temporary dampers.
Ultimately, we're here because we wanted to sell the right scent of soap to the right echo chamber.
One day it will be commonly accepted that these ML recommenders have played the same role in this social crisis as the Gaussian copula did in the financial crisis.
If consumers of social media were shown both sides, perhaps we wouldn't be here in the first place.
Truth vs. Falsehood are like a special place on the nyquist plot and its stability criterion is like of an inverted pendulum. Truth is in an unstable equilibrium that requires constant vigilance, maintenance and upkeep. Falsehood thrives and the laws of nature (information theory) are on its side to spread faster, more vigorously and with ever increasing force. As shitty as it sounds, we need some temporary dampers.
Ultimately, we're here because we wanted to sell the right scent of soap to the right echo chamber.