There are glimpses of a world where social networks are a force for good, the way they lowered ethnic tensions in Bosnia. People randomly chosen to deactivate Facebook had more dislike of other ethnic groups after, since it was the only place they met people from those groups!
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Boycotts and Buycotts: Limited Long-Term Impact on Companies
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Boycotts & buycotts (where supporters buy the product to reward the company) against companies for the social positions they take are generally short-lived & have relatively little impact. A thread of recent research https://
x.com/emollick/statu
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Wikipedia and SCP Foundation: Internet’s Most Successful Social Networks
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The only large, long-term, productive social network to come out of the first 40 years of Internet may be Wikipedia. And possibly the SCP Foundation shared story universe.
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Living Through History: The AI Revolution Unfolds Daily
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when you are living through history, it feels like just another day
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Restaurant robots can soon replace key jobs says report
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Restaurant robots 'can soon replace key jobs', says report #RuleoftheRobots
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Memepocalypse: exponential meme evolution and cultural implications
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In the end, we will be outnumbered by our own memes. Meme types are doubling every 6 months. And they are evolving more visual complexity over time. The memepocalypse is inevitable. https://
nature.com/articles/s4159
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Democracy increases moral universalism globally survey finds
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Giant worldwide survey looks at universalism (a willingness to treat strangers the same way you treat friends/community members) & finds 26% of people are strongly universalist & 18% are the opposite. Exposure to democracy causally increases universalism. https://
cepr.org/voxeu/columns/
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TikTok’s utilization of AI models for data analysis
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Nouvelle Vidéo Youtube ce Dimanche. TikTok une simple application de divertissement? Non. On verra comment #TikTok est une arme dangereuse grâce à vos données personnelles et des modèles d'#IA parmis les plus puissant de la planète. https://
youtube.com/c/defendintell
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Mastodon Decentralized Server Model Easier Cheaper Healthier Community
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… which is SO MUCH easier and cheaper if you are running a server with only a few hundred active users Mastodon has been around for 6 years at this point and from dipping in over the past few days seems to be the opposite of a toxic environment – they're doing something right!
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AI Debate 3 Reaches 14K Attendees, Targets 100K
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AI DEBATE 3: Already 14,182 Attendees! Let's make HISTORY. Let's reach 100,000 attendees: Invite your LinkedIn network to #AGIDebate ! LinkedIn: https://
linkedin.com/events/aidebat
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… #AGI #AIDebate #MontrealAI #WeAreAGI