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“I LOVE BOTS” feels like a controversial statement now, given the rise of troll farms deploying them and the proliferation of egg accounts spreading bad information or engaging in harassment. Even if you set aside, say, their use by state _...Read More_
“I LOVE BOTS” feels like a controversial statement now, given the rise of troll farms deploying them and the proliferation of egg accounts spreading bad information or engaging in harassment. Even if you set aside, say, their use by state _...Read More_
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"“These are entirely new lifeforms. They have never before existed on Earth,” said Michael Levin, the director of the Allen Discovery Center at Tufts University in Medford, Massachusetts. “They are living, programmable organisms.”"
"“These are entirely new lifeforms. They have never before existed on Earth,” said Michael Levin, the director of the Allen Discovery Center at Tufts University in Medford, Massachusetts. “They are living, programmable organisms.”"
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It's been widely reported that YouTube has an algorithm problem. This explainer goes deeper, mapping the bot battleground that makes effective countermeasures so elusive
It's been widely reported that YouTube has an algorithm problem. This explainer goes deeper, mapping the bot battleground that makes effective countermeasures so elusive
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Zeynep Tufekci is always a good read, but this take on verification technology being crucial to save important systems (like democracy) is excellent, because ”today we are like the Cubans, circa 2006”
Zeynep Tufekci is always a good read, but this take on verification technology being crucial to save important systems (like democracy) is excellent, because ”today we are like the Cubans, circa 2006”
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"Bots don’t care what they share, but our very humanness—craving that which shocks and disgusts the most—may be our undoing online."
"Bots don’t care what they share, but our very humanness—craving that which shocks and disgusts the most—may be our undoing online."