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This is why I think we just need to have regulation specifically about algorithmic recommendations. You can keep S230 in place with targeted

Posted by oblique (aka kkuphal) Mar 20 '23, 10:34

regulations like that. When the outcomes of algorithmic recommendation are under scrutiny you can damn well bet those companies would be making significant changes to how they recommend. Instead of maximizing engagement, you'd (potentially) see a shift to recommending quality, or helpful, or whatever. Same way they can tune the large language models to be benevolent

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*creates an algorithm to game the regulation of its algorithms* -- nm - Social media companies, probably Mar 20, 10:41
I’d like more transparency on the algorithm, yes. Although they’d argue that this is their secret sauce that makes them more successful. - Mop Mar 20, 10:36

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This is why I think we just need to have regulation specifically about algorithmic recommendations. You can keep S230 in place with targeted

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