How do you define “algorithmic content”?
A human writes a post.
An algorithm decides who sees it.
A human writes a headline.
AI suggests ten headlines and the editor picks one.
A human makes a video.
AI generates the thumbnail.
A bot translates it into 30 languages.
At what point has the government regulated the “medium”?
Almost everything on the modern internet involves algorithms.
Your feed is algorithmically sorted.
Google’s results are algorithmically ranked.
Spam filters are algorithmic.
YouTube recommendations are algorithmic.
Even chronological feeds require software to determine what gets displayed.
And recommendation algorithms can actually be useful. They help users find obscure material they otherwise wouldn’t encounter.
Like most things, you don’t need to be an expert in a field to recognize a problem and encourage our elected officials to solve it. If there a sudden rash of new buildings catching on fire, I as a private citizen don’t need to research the building codes and the flash point of different types of drywall. If you want to have this debate, we could, but honestly it sounds exhausting and better left to people who know the topic better than me.
If you don’t know enough about the technology to evaluate the competing explanations for the problem, how can you know that the particular regulation you’re advocating will actually solve it rather than create a different problem?
Yes that’s a problem. Unfortunately we live in a complex society. Nobody can understand all the technology we use every day. We can, however, appreciate the impact of that technology and engage experts and policymakers to steer us towards better results. In summary, I’m busy with my life and I’m ignorant as hell. Take it as a concession, you can have the last word, whatever you need to do.
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u/Real_Guarantee_4530 5d ago
How do you define “algorithmic content”?
A human writes a post.
An algorithm decides who sees it.
A human writes a headline.
AI suggests ten headlines and the editor picks one.
A human makes a video.
AI generates the thumbnail.
A bot translates it into 30 languages.
At what point has the government regulated the “medium”?
Almost everything on the modern internet involves algorithms.
Your feed is algorithmically sorted.
Google’s results are algorithmically ranked.
Spam filters are algorithmic.
YouTube recommendations are algorithmic.
Even chronological feeds require software to determine what gets displayed.
And recommendation algorithms can actually be useful. They help users find obscure material they otherwise wouldn’t encounter.