The majority of Americans — about 59% — say TikTok a threat to the national security of the United States, according to a recent survey of U.S. adults. The findings from Pew Research Center’s…

About 59% of Americans say TikTok a threat to the national security of the United States, according to a new survey of U.S. adults.

  • Stefen Auris@pawb.socialEnglish
    5·
    1 year ago

    algorithms can’t “become evil” any more than your toaster can. It’s being directed and programmed by people who know exactly what they’re intending to achieve.

    • NightOwl@lemmy.oneEnglish
      3·
      1 year ago

      But, algorithms don’t understand the impact of it, since it’s either a 0 or 1 of user stays or user leaves.

      It’s to say algorithms despite no intent to be evil have led to negative impact due to no care for the context of the recommendation. So someone can go in searching up health information then go down a rabbit hole of being recommended pseudo health advice then flat earth and so on. Not because the algorithm wants to turn people a certain way, but because it’s just recommending videos that users that liked similar videos might find of interest. It’s just broad categories.

      Wasn’t implying algorithms are sentient. At least not yet until AI integration happens.