glen - > There’s a new tactic for exposing you to radical content online: the ‘slow > red-pill’ > https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/jul/15/theres-a-new-tactic-for-exposing-you-to-radical-content-online-the-slow-red-pill A modern application of "subliminal advertising" and "desensitization" I think? As I moved in my life from Red/Libertarian circles to Blue/Green circles I noticed the subliminals and the desensitization in my *new* circles but had to be pretty far from the *old* circles to realize theirs were fraught in the same way. I still cringe when my Blue/Green friends try to slip things past my filters, but I am more conscious by circumstance of the phenomena. Red Rants these days seem to be *nothing but* attempts to normalize absurd things. I suppose it might be part of a "great renormalization"? Moderate Conservatives (and perhaps Liberals if they join forces) may find that simply steering clear of the radicalizing techniques will win them the attention, if not allegiance of a population who are under extreme political adrenal fatigue? > > "There is no content moderation solution for a political problem." I think this is a central point. > Related content: > > Common Carrier Status as Quid Pro Quo for § 230(c)(1) Immunity > https://reason.com/volokh/2021/07/15/common-carrier-status-as-quid-pro-quo-for-%c2%a7-230c1-immunity/ I think this exposes the historical context/embedding well, but not sure if it fully covers the space that we are now exploring. I would guess that media-studies researchers are all over this question in the abstract. It seems as if the soft/social sciences have adopted a lot of quantitative methods whilst learning (or inviting in) mathematics. What is the appropriate basis space for studying the dynamics of social media (companies, consumers, producers, exploiters/gamers)? > The responsibility gap: Ascribing responsibility for the actions of learning > automata > https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs10676-004-3422-1
I believe Mary Shelley coined an interesting character and let him play out his nature in a somewhat allegorical setting some 200 years ago. The genre that emerged in its pattern is elaborate, but perhaps yet out of date. DaveW has lectured on the topic of Asimov's Robots and their ethics. Some interesting outliers in the genre include: Jack Williamson's Humanoids: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/With_Folded_Hands and Stanislaus Lem's Medieval/Fairy-Tale highly anthropomorphic cybernetic creatures: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Cyberiad What might be the "new questions" that have emerged in the last 20-40 years with the Global Internet and significant adoption? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_brain#History - .... . -..-. . -. -.. -..-. .. ... -..-. .... . .-. . FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Zoom Fridays 9:30a-12p Mtn GMT-6 bit.ly/virtualfriam un/subscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ archives: http://friam.471366.n2.nabble.com/
