Social Media Algorithms
Johann Hari explains how social media apps make money by scanning and sorting user data with artificial intelligence algorithms to sell to advertisers, and how this harms both individual and collective attention.In this clip
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707: Johann Hari | Why You Can't Pay Attention—And What to Do About It
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Why would Jordan Harbinger publish an episode of his podcast on the topic of data collection that discusses the negative practices of social media platforms in 862: Targeted Ads | Skeptical Sunday, but then explain that his AI bot literally collects data and provides him analytics and summaries of what people ask it in the episode 1135: Sandra Matz | How Algorithms Read and Reveal the Real You and the clip Personalized Ads and Privacy? Does this not strike Jordan as contradictory?
Why would Jordan Harbinger publish an episode of his podcast on the topic of data collection that discusses the negative practices of social media platforms in 862: Targeted Ads | Skeptical Sunday, but then explain that his AI bot literally collects data and provides him analytics and summaries of what people ask it in the episode 1135: Sandra Matz | How Algorithms Read and Reveal the Real You, and the clip Personalized Ads and Privacy? Does this not strike Jordan as contradictory?
Why would Jordan Harbinger publish an episode of his podcast on the topic of data collection that discusses the negative practices of social media platforms in 862: Targeted Ads | Skeptical Sunday, but then explain that his AI bot literally collects data and provides him analytics and summaries of what people ask it in the episode 1135: Sandra Matz | How Algorithms Read and Reveal the Real You and the clip AI and Intimacy? Does this not strike Jordan as contradictory?