Thumbs-up, you're the AI!

Machine learning (ML) compounds popularity bias. Like the "other shoppers also bought, "… which boosts top-line sales but marginalizes the unique into an inconsequential fraction of the total mix. The AI homogenizes. And you (and I) act on it.

In effect, we're the material agents of the AI intelligence. Already. Sooner in the cycle than the sci-fi writers anticipated.

It's more pernicious and less evident than a Robocop.

It's true when we read an article. The AI curates our thoughts for us. Shows us what's been viewed by others rather than flicked past. The AI A/B tests headlines to see which gets people to click (I wish I could do that with my headlines.) You get the version that works. Anything novel that only a few people grasp and love is pushed to the bottom of the curve.

If these are thoughts I've already had, I fear it's too late for me. Leave me behind! 😩 It's like high school, but worse, I imagine. Save yourself!

#AI #MachineLearning #LeaveMeBehind

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Picture credit: It’s from “A Humans Guide to Machine Intelligence” by Dr. Kartik Hosanagar. Taking studies from him right now, on the subject of AI. He is well worth your attention, https://www.hosanagar.com 👍🏼👍🏼

Charted diversity as a result of collaborative filtering (CF)