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I saw a really interesting Ted Talk from a Google engineer waaaaaaay back in or before 2012 (I think), discussing the emerging danger of algorithms isolating people in echo chambers.
Apparently the problem we've got right now is not that people can't foresee these problems, but rather that those in charge, for whatever reason, are completely ignoring the warnings from their own engineers.
Money. It's for money.
Eh... everyone has different reasons, and I'm sure there's a healthy diversity of types involved in this shit.
Money
Did... you downvote yourself?
Ive done it before by mistake tbf
I've done it for money