The importance of ethics in YouTube recommendation seems to have grown significantly over the last two years (see this for instance). This suggests that there are pressures both from outside and inside that may be effective in making YouTube care about recommending quality information.
Now, YouTube’s effort seems to have been mostly about removing (or less recommending) undesirable contents so far (though as an outsider it’s hard for me to say). Perhaps they can be convinced to also recommend more desirable contents too.
Possibly. One trend in YouTube’s recommendations seems to be towards more mainstream content, and EA, x-risks and farm animal welfare/rights aren’t really mainstream topics (animal rights specifically might be considered radical), so any technical contributions to recommender alignment might be used further to the exclusion of these topics and be net-negative.
Advocacy, policy and getting the right people on (ethics) boards might be safer. Maybe writing about the issue for Vox’s Future Perfect could be a good place to start?
The importance of ethics in YouTube recommendation seems to have grown significantly over the last two years (see this for instance). This suggests that there are pressures both from outside and inside that may be effective in making YouTube care about recommending quality information.
Now, YouTube’s effort seems to have been mostly about removing (or less recommending) undesirable contents so far (though as an outsider it’s hard for me to say). Perhaps they can be convinced to also recommend more desirable contents too.
Possibly. One trend in YouTube’s recommendations seems to be towards more mainstream content, and EA, x-risks and farm animal welfare/rights aren’t really mainstream topics (animal rights specifically might be considered radical), so any technical contributions to recommender alignment might be used further to the exclusion of these topics and be net-negative.
Advocacy, policy and getting the right people on (ethics) boards might be safer. Maybe writing about the issue for Vox’s Future Perfect could be a good place to start?