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Well put. That was leagues better than what I did the other day by trying to be a smartass and saying it through puns to get around AI-based and algorithmic content filtering.
Everybody thought I was being a schizo. Fair though. Although I got Ask Grok locked down for non-premium users so that was something I guess?
I think the deeper problem being implied by your analysis is what’s currently happening. The herds (or artificial social cliques) you just defined are literally being aligned. Something like what they do to AI (Reinforcement Learning Through Human Feedback), but it’s “Advertiser Feedback”.
Non-zero-sum-James has a beautiful ongoing series on the subject if you’re interested: https://nonzerosum.games/alignment1.html
(That’s one of the still living parts of the internet you mentioned, and I’d recommend a visit if you’re still looking)
Thx. It’s always challenging to try to think out loud in English (hence why I try to do it, and why I also try to post on my blog in English too)
I did not. I hesitated between two options concerning those posts of yours :
But I certainly did not mind your project of creating some... disruption.
Maybe you can see I'm not much of fan of shocking readers. I consider a gift that anyone is kind enough to spend their time reading what I write.
Following that logic, I will much rather invite them, if I manage to, to get a taste of a sometimes different point of view than (try) to slap them in the face, or kick them in the ass. I don't think violence is a very efficient tool, in most situations.
It's a bit like a few people silently downvoting my post. I mean, I see them as people trying to say they don’t agree with me (which is OK) but that are also so shy they can’t say in what manner they don’t agree. Which makes them disagreeing rather useless as
I will first need to check how it’s defined in the context of the site you linked to. But how I would understand it (as them being instrumentalized and polarized) I think the question we need to ask is two folds: by whom and, much harder to answer, for what purpose?
I would also be tempted to say the only way to try to find an answer to those questions is by comparing with other similar situations. How crowds (notice how they’re almost always angry) are regularly used to silent difficult opponents. How they are used to create distraction from what is really at stake. But like I said, I will need to read your link first.
I am, today more than ever.
Thx for sharing the link. I'll read it.