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#364 - Stuart Russell - The Terrifying Problem Of AI Control

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The Social Media Content Algorithm

The social media content algaritm is right? They decide what you read and what you watch. So in that sense, they have more control over human cognitive input than any dictator in history has ever had. And people are reasonably concerned about what effect they are having. It might sound like very far future predictions, but the user being manipulated to make the preferences easier by the machine is actually something that's already happened.

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