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We're building a dystopia just to make people click on ads
We’re building an artificial intelligence-powered dystopia, one click at a time, says techno-sociologist Zeynep Tufekci. (Sept. 2017)
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Next: Endless paperclips!
To an extent yes, but at the same time an argument could be made that old-style in-print newspapers were part of an empire designed solely to sell ad space. Not to mention that some of those "empires" (the tabloids) had rampant fake news that edged over into libel. Times change but the issues don't necessarily change.