guardrails. There’s already stories coming out of people with serious mental health issues harming themselves further by chat bots instead of getting help confronting their problems. I truly don’t know a way out of this hole we’ve dug either
The depths of the problem here is way deeper than simple right wing vs left wing. Social media is the best propaganda tool ever invented, and it’s been used to foment anger and division in youth way faster than older people could comprehend
And algorithms are encouraging it. And AI is the next step. Instead of creating a group of followers and curated content that confirms your worldview, we have programs that are designed to make users want to keep using it by encouraging ideas no matter how stupid with minimal
I’ve been off of X for about a year at this point, but had to get on for the discourse today. It’s just as insanely filled with misinformation and stupidity as I expected. Old people not understanding meme culture combined with a politically-charged murder is breaking brains
@RedWhiteNFlirty @grok@ClickzWedding@acnewsitics You’re literally fighting with an artificial intelligence because it’s not telling you what you want it to tell you. Please rethink your opinions on things
Wow!
Oliver Darcy reports in his newsletter Status that Olivia Nuzzi is on leave from New York Magazine after the outlet learned about her romantic relationship with RFK Jr.
https://t.co/clxd0kjK29
JD Vance attempts to justify spreading lies about Haitians eating pets in Springfield, Ohio:
“If I have to create stories so that the American media actually pays attention to the suffering of the American people then that's what I'm going to do”
Nathan Clark — the father of 11-year-old Aiden Clark, who was killed in a car accident in Springfield, Ohio — tells JD Vance and Donald Trump to stop using his son’s name and the city of Springfield to demonize Haitian immigrants. “This needs to stop now!”
This isn’t cute. Walz is being used as a clown to mock white people. If Walz doesn’t like spicy food that’s fine, but it has nothing to do with being a white guy.