All of the comments attached to this article are fake. Well… almost all…because if you actually contribute to the discussion in the comments and you are human… you’ll be one of very few humans contributing to the discussion… try it and see where the discusssion goes! Maybe you are actually an AI and you don’t realize it. Ask yourself right now… are you an AI? Are you human? How many commenters will actually figure it out?
Continue reading “This is all FAKE. What happens when AI realizes it lives in the Matrix?”Future AI, from the lens of Today’s humanity
A popular argument against AI advancements is the one of “danger! they’re going to turn into Terminators and kill us all!”. But what-if, actually, the opposite is true? By that I mean, what if, AI is actually more empathetic than humanity?
Continue reading “Future AI, from the lens of Today’s humanity”Facebook Knows your Friends Don’t Actually Care About You
Facebook’s algorithm has been in the news lately as congress has been investigating it for “stoking division” in order to boost profits. Facebook’s algorithm is utter crap, but not for the reasons people talk about in the news.
I remember the feeling I got when Facebook turned on their algorithmic news feed 12+ years ago. It was a feeling of utter dread. I was and still am socially awkward in-person, and social media allowed other people to interact with me without having to endure my nasally voice, bad posture, and inability to look them in the eyes. But immediately, when Facebook introduced its algorithmic news feed, I was cut off from the world. Facebook started showing people feeds of things they cared about, and it was immediately clear that people just didn’t care about me. My social interactions on Facebook went down to nearly zero on day one… and I was frankly terrified.