Al Gore Says Social Media Algorithms Are Like AR-15s

‘They ought to be banned’

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GORE: “If you have social media that is dominated by algorithms that pull people down these rabbit holes that are a bit like pitcher plants, these algorithms, they are the digital equivalent of AR-15s. They ought to be banned. They really ought to be banned. It’s an abuse of the public forum, but when these, when people are pulled down these rabbit holes, you know what’s at the bottom of the rabbit hole? That’s where the echo chamber is. And if you spend too much time in the echo chamber, what’s weaponized is another form of AI, not artificial intelligence, artificial insanity. I’m serious.”

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