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Social media’s dirty secret: they don’t use it

Social Media's Dirty Secret: They Don't Use It - Barry's Economics

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“But when you frame it that way, you understand that social media isn’t the problem: the extractive profit motive is the problem. And then, banning under-16s is like putting a plaster on a bullet wound. Sure, maybe it helps a bit, but you’re still bleeding out. The real question is, how do you stop the bullets?”

Barry Ferns

AI isn’t people

“Treating people as things can begin in many ways, but I think one of them is the idea that things can be people. The motivated muddling of categories so prevalent in writing and thinking about AI, beginning with the very name ‘artificial intelligence’, is intentional and serves the narrative that this software can and will take over for human workers, doing their jobs cheaper, faster, better and without requiring rest or dignity. The AI industry is selling a dream of digital slavery—infinite human labor with no actual human involved.”

Rusty Foster

www.todayintabs.com

With thanks to @codinghorror

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