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by keiferski
251 days ago
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I don’t agree that polarization is caused by social media, and I think it definitely precedes social media by decades. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_polarization_in_the_... I do agree that social media might make it worse, though. But again I don’t know if AI is really going to impact the people that are voting based on identity factors or major issues like the economy doing poorly. I could see how AI influences people to associate their identity more with a particular political stance, though. That seems like a bigger risk than any particular viewpoint or falsehood being pushed. |
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I tend to think you're right. It's just been magnified and multiplied and handed a microphone with a worldwide amplifier by (anti)social media (and much of the more "traditional" media landscape in general as well).