In light of Meta's plans to end fact-checking, I went back through Zuckerberg's past Congressional testimonies to see what he said about the topic while in the House and Senate in 2018, 2020 and 2021. Here's a snippet from his 2018 opening statement:
CULTURE
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Gamification: AI and Technology Enhancing Human Wellness
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GAMIFICATION: WHERE TECH MEETS WELLNESS
— Pascal Bornet (@pascal_bornet) 8 janvier 2025
Gamifying exercise perfectly demonstrates what I discuss in "IRREPLACEABLE" – using technology to enhance, not replace, human experiences! When we combine AI with the joy of play, we create something powerful: tech that amplifies our… pic.twitter.com/tGXYv8BntHGAMIFICATION: WHERE TECH MEETS WELLNESS Gamifying exercise perfectly demonstrates what I discuss in "IRREPLACEABLE" – using technology to enhance, not replace, human experiences! When we combine AI with the joy of play, we create something powerful: tech that amplifies our
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Virtual Event on Possible Technological Futures and Creative Workshop
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We're hoping to organize a hopeful virtual event to get us to think our possible technological futures, and have a creative workshop. Stay tuned. In the mean time, read our Possible Futures Series. If you have thoughts on what you'd like to see from the event, comment below
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Human-Centered Tech Future: Education and Digital Inclusion
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1. Nobody Owns Our Techno-Future: https://
dair-institute.org/blog/technofut
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Community Notes Podcast: Inside X’s Collaborative Fact-Checking
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I've got @kcoleman and @jaybaxter (brains behind Community Notes) coming on the pod soon. What would you love to learn about Community Notes?
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Meta AI Instagram Generates Fake Profiles Amid User Backlash
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Section 3.4 of this paper discusses some of the issues that the use of image and text generators in the information ecosystem and it didn't occur to me that social media platforms would just make it an option for people to generate fake profiles. https://
nbcnews.com/tech/social-me
dia/meta-ai-insta-shuts-character-instagram-fb-accounts-user-outcry-rcna186177
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Hybrid Work A/B Test Shows 35% Drop in Quit Rates
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What are the results of A/B testing hybrid work?
– No difference in productivity, performance reviews, or promotion rates between groups
– Job satisfaction increased significantly
– Quit rates dropped by 35% https://
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Zuckerberg’s Georgetown Speech and Community Notes Strategy
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Zuckerberg references his “Georgetown Speech”; I wrote about it at the time, and the embrace of community notes very much makes the point https://t.co/zlxJzc5E1u https://t.co/MVjk16Uwi9
— Ben Thompson (@benthompson) 7 janvier 2025Zuckerberg references his “Georgetown Speech”; I wrote about it at the time, and the embrace of community notes very much makes the point https://
stratechery.com/2019/the-inter
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Future Progress Doesn’t Always Mean Moral Improvement
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Being 'the future' and being 'good' are not synonymous.
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Instagram AI Generated Images Raise Ethics Concerns
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This is desperate product manager trying to ship something to meet a company OKR they don't understand and don't believe in coded https://
404media.co/instagram-begi
ns-randomly-showing-users-ai-generated-images-of-themselves/
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