I just don’t think we’ve seen anything that favors the hypothesis “algorithm ‘intentionally’ radicalizes people in order to get more clicks from them in the long run” over the hypothesis “algorithm shows people what they will click on the most (which is often extreme political content, and this causes them to become more radical, in a self-reinforcing cycle.)”
I just don’t think we’ve seen anything that favors the hypothesis “algorithm ‘intentionally’ radicalizes people in order to get more clicks from them in the long run” over the hypothesis “algorithm shows people what they will click on the most (which is often extreme political content, and this causes them to become more radical, in a self-reinforcing cycle.)”