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Seems strange that people were damning algorithmic social media walls but are now welcoming preprocessed reality.


> Seems strange that people were damning algorithmic social media walls but are now welcoming preprocessed reality.

Are they the same people? The vast majority of users are consumers, they don't even think about these stuff, they only complain when the product degrade.

I don't see the privacy crowd who were conscious about their data and algorithmic feeds, are treating commercial LLMs products differently.


It's different though, isn't it? Social media walls are the social media sites giving you what they want to show you. AI tools are (mostly) you asking for what you want - albeit you're at the mercy of whatever the AI gives you back, but usually it's what you ask for.


> AI tools are (mostly) you asking for what you want - albeit you're at the mercy of whatever the AI gives you back, but usually it's what you ask for.

For now.


You have point but still, it is modified reality.


Reality is "modified reality". There's no reliable way for you to get an unfiltered view of anything. This has been one of the large issues of philosophy since pretty much forever.


All reality is constructed, has been since the invention of media




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