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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social

Twitter went algorithmic in early 2016.

I hadn't appreciated that until researching for this piece. It made Trump the main character on media and political pros' social network, pushing him—and criticism/cheers/mockery of him—into tons more feeds.

2016 was so close, without that he might've lost.

ChatGPT and other generative AI isn't about to create superintelligence, but even if what we see now is it, the impact is on the scale of Google search and algorithmic social media, except maybe worse

The Third Algorithm

ChatGPT and other generative AI isn't about to create superintelligence, but even if what we see now is it, the impact is on the scale of Google search and algorithmic social media, except maybe worse

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    Jase Gehring @skyjase.bsky.social

    Interesting to think if trumpism would’ve faded or flourished in a trump loss. He was prepared to lose and take aim at democracy. The order of events would have been different, but the end result maybe not so much

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    Aozora @aozorasf.bsky.social

    Platforms that algorithmically control/manipulate what content users see are exercising editorial control and shouldn’t be protected by Sec 230.

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    @drdoofenschmirtz.bsky.social

    Hillary was always the wrong choice in 2016 and her 08 defeat should have been the end of her electoral political career. After 8 years of W, people had Clinton nostalgia that Obama crushed when he defeated her.

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    Tilman @tilmane.bsky.social

    Thanks, excellent read!

    Hypothesis: Meta, Google, X et al are in a dilemma:

    Their business model rests on further leveraging enshittification to max profits

    But enshittification content spoils AI / LLMs learning and path to super intelligence

    If their platforms would support truth telling, maybe

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