On Feb 24, 2017 1:29 AM, "Dr Miles Dyson" <[email protected]> wrote: > > Google defines Toxic speech in part by the likelihood that it will drive others away from the conversation, this reminds me of the effect Socrates had on others, who quite often when he pointed out the flaws in their reasoning would try to escape the conversation. Perhaps in a Google censored world the greatest voices in all of human history will be silenced. >
Sounds kind of like my interactions with people on Facebook as well. Average people like to have opinions but only want to entertain those who blindly accept it, and Facebook and some modern IM platforms even reward that behavior by design. This is a bigger problem than the so called toxic speech even in the intended use of the terminology. The political polarization the country experienced around the last election is only one symptom, and there are many more gradual changes (for the worse) that are less noticeable. This is almost akin to the beginnings of a doomsday UFAI "genie" scenario in a sense. ------------------------------------------- AGI Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/21088071-f452e424 Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=21088071&id_secret=21088071-58d57657 Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
