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Watching "The Social Dilemma" on Netflix (Original Post) berni_mccoy Sep 2020 OP
it was terrifying AlexSFCA Sep 2020 #1
I watched the trailer thanks I'll check it out lunasun Sep 2020 #2

AlexSFCA

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1. it was terrifying
Sun Sep 13, 2020, 09:53 PM
Sep 2020

second half of it especially. Without regs, these tech companies will become more powerful than government. The terrifying part is that no one person is in charge of every aspect of facebook or google, it’s machine learning taking a life of its own. Algorithms - my main takeaway from this. If the product is free, you are the product. These technologies are so addictive, and now because of the pandemic, even young kids are forcefully exposed to there technologies (virtual learning).

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