Nearly 1 in 3 online users discussing #Alberta politics is likely a bot. That's... not good at all. Our assumptions and beliefs that the internet is a place for the exchange of information might be true, but the information might not be https://t.co/DrVSMx8ZkP
It might not happen soon, but I wouldn't dismiss a future where a majority of the stories we experience through media are the ones we make ourselves. #VR & #AR being examples of where this is already being experimented with.
We like to think that storytelling is unique to the human experience, but that just might change with the rise of #AI. Here's an example from the MIT @medialab, where an AI cocreated #stories@JessL https://t.co/lPYs241UVL
AI very well may be the dream tool of communicators, something that can help create #interactive stories for audiences, which generate the story as the audience makes decisions. Essentially, removing the need for an #author
I've really been drawn to #vss tweets lately, but I haven't been able to fully distinguish if these tweets are more #shortstory than #poetry. Perhaps, it's something entirely new?
This thread so beautifully describes why #puppetgate & @allinarowplay is so troubling to the Autistic & wider Disabled communities. Such an insight into the daily lives of Autistic people I'm in tears, yet so angry that that a crappy play should bring so much extra hurt.
So what does this mean for the future of studying the internet? A public environment full of accessible discourse is far easier to study than a landscape of intentionally-isolated communities #digitalmedia#nmn
Are we becoming more open to a diverse internet of different cultures? Maybe not. Here's a presentation by Sarah Florini about a shift towards a more isolated, enclaved future for social media https://t.co/YB9xCzRQcp @sflorini #nmn#SocialMedia#BlackTwitter
It's not always harassment either, popular subreddits like /r/whitepeopletwitter and /r/blackpeopletwitter (or even /r/scottishpeopletwitter) highlight an appreciation of categorizing public discourse by cultural background #reddit#twitter