Social Media was first contact with AI – and it didn't go well for us

Social media was the first contact between A.I. and humanity, and humanity lost. First contact has given us the bitter taste of things to come. In social media, primitive A.I. was used not to create content but to curate user-generated content. The A.I. behind our news feeds is still choosing which words, sounds and images reach our retinas and eardrums, based on selecting those that will get the most virality, the most reaction and the most engagement.

Yuval Noah Harari

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Opinion | Yuval Harari on Threats to Humanity Posed by A.I. - The New York Times