Posts Tagged ‘outrage’
TL;DR The attention economy dynamics for AI chatbots and agents are very different from social media, and so we’re seeing a whole new approach to capturing (and keeping) our attention. This comes down to fundamental human nature – the strongest fuel for groups is outrage; and whilst it might burn dirty and contaminate everything around […]
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Tags: adoration, agent, AI, attention, chatbot, groups, individuals, outrage, pollution, social media, sychophant
‘Filter failure at the outrage factory’ is a term I’ve been using on Twitter[1], usually as part of a quote tweet for something describing the latest social media catalysed atrocity, but I thought it deserved a longer form explanation, hence this post. I fear that I buried the lede in a note when I first […]
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Tags: filter, news, outrage, social media