#218 – Jaron Lanier: Virtual Reality, Social Media & the Future of Humans and AI
Lex Fridman Podcast
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*Cognitive Loophole Behind Social Media *
Social media algorithms on social media have to work on feedback loops where they present you with stimulus. The problem is that the measurement mechanism for telling if you respond in the engagement feedback loop is very, very crude. So it's crude enough that it only catches the more dramatic responses from you and those are the fight-or-flight responses. Those are these ancient, what are sometimes called the lizard brain circuits or whatever. They're not who we want to be. They're this old business.
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